Politics & Government News

7:40 PM on Monday, December 8

Honduras is still waiting for final election results, more than a week after voting for a new president

7:06 PM on Monday, December 8

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

6:45 PM on Monday, December 8

6:25 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump is justifying the U.S. military's decision to fire a second missile in a heavily scrutinized U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea

6:13 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race

6:08 PM on Monday, December 8

Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, is expected to launch a campaign for New York governor on Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of his plans

6:00 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s immigration crackdown on Minnesota’s Somali community to fraud cases involving government programs

5:56 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face a contempt charge over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador wants to hear from a whistleblower and a top Justice Department official

5:54 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside

5:28 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China

4:35 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon

1:32 PM on Monday, December 8

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations

12:50 PM on Monday, December 8

A Georgia state House member faces accusations of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic

12:46 PM on Monday, December 8

Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back

9:22 AM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump is giving farmers some $12 billion in aid to help as they struggle to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs

8:19 AM on Monday, December 8

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members

7:15 AM on Monday, December 8

Thailand and Cambodia have resumed fighting over disputed territory, just months after agreeing to a ceasefire

5:13 AM on Monday, December 8

British, French and German leaders met in London with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of European support for Kyiv at what they called a “critical moment” in the U.S.-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

4:55 AM on Monday, December 8

Benin's government has said Sunday's short-lived coup left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers

12:04 AM on Monday, December 8

Mohammad Marwan has been struggling to rebuild his life after being released from Syria’s Saydnaya prison a year ago