Politics & Government News

9:05 PM on Friday, August 7

The Pentagon has revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information

8:57 PM on Friday, August 7

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is pledging to revive the country's oil and gas sector and restore state-owned energy company Ecopetrol

7:30 PM on Friday, August 7

Senior Health and Human Services adviser Mark Cruz will now lead the U.S. agency that provides healthcare to some 2.8 million Native Americans

4:56 PM on Friday, August 7

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is confirming that he’s staying on the nation’s highest court for another term

4:33 PM on Friday, August 7

Californians may soon lose the ability to have liquor from craft distilleries delivered to their homes

4:11 PM on Friday, August 7

New Mexico's attorney general hopes a huge ruling against social media giant Meta is just a step in addressing how Big Tech can harm children

4:10 PM on Friday, August 7

Some Native cultural artifacts and sacred sites have been left vulnerable after Congress rescinded reporting requirements for development on the Outer Continental Shelf

4:04 PM on Friday, August 7

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall

3:48 PM on Friday, August 7

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump has sued the Justice Department, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights

3:22 PM on Friday, August 7

A U.S. Senate resolution has added Missouri to the list of teams with a claim to the 1960 national championship in college football

3:11 PM on Friday, August 7

President Donald Trump has gotten a reprieve in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

2:44 PM on Friday, August 7

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied

1:25 PM on Friday, August 7

The Senate has approved a punishing Russian sanctions bill that was a top priority for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham

10:53 AM on Friday, August 7

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project

10:30 AM on Friday, August 7

Michigan Democrats are showing unity behind their statewide candidates

8:53 AM on Friday, August 7

Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday in Cali, breaking tradition by not holding the ceremony in Bogota

8:27 AM on Friday, August 7

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy says he’ll back Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department

6:58 AM on Friday, August 7

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he’ll vote for Todd Blanche as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department

5:52 AM on Friday, August 7

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a defense agreement treating an attack on one as an attack on all three

5:03 AM on Friday, August 7

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident