Politics & Government News

3:22 PM on Thursday, February 12

FX and Hulu’s new series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” retells the couple’s romance and death, and has sparked criticism from Kennedy's nephew, Jack Schlossberg

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Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed

12:57 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former U.S. Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

12:54 PM on Thursday, February 12

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for calling on US troops to resist unlawful orders

12:10 PM on Thursday, February 12

UNICEF is saying that illegal armed groups in Colombia are recruiting far more children, with verified cases quadrupling in five years

12:03 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to take part in a summit in Florida next month, gathering the officials at a moment when the administration is spotlighting what it sees as concerning Chinese influence in the region

10:41 AM on Thursday, February 12

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation

10:24 AM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison

10:10 AM on Thursday, February 12

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Health experts say the federal government now shares less public health data, even after Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ promised “radical transparency.”

10:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust

9:55 AM on Thursday, February 12

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Hong Kong's CK Hutchison say it's escalating its fight over the two Panama Canal ports that it operates

9:32 AM on Thursday, February 12

A U.S. judge says President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027

8:50 AM on Thursday, February 12

Mexico has sent two navy ships with humanitarian aid to Cuba as tighter U.S. pressure worsens the island’s energy crisis

7:48 AM on Thursday, February 12

Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, has apologized after saying Britain has been “colonized” by immigrants

7:05 AM on Thursday, February 12

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities

6:17 AM on Thursday, February 12

European allies at NATO are brushing aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role at the alliance