Politics & Government News

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 16

U.S. allies are proposing a naval mission to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz

9:33 PM on Monday, June 15

Former state lawmaker Jim Marchant has won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state

8:51 PM on Monday, June 15

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump

6:40 PM on Monday, June 15

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America

6:34 PM on Monday, June 15

Ever since Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump in late January to lead the Federal Reserve, a question has lingered: Will he seek to raise interest rates to tame inflation or cut them as Trump has long demanded

5:44 PM on Monday, June 15

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women

5:38 PM on Monday, June 15

Republican divisions are on full display in the closing hours of primary runoffs for U.S. Senate and governor

5:03 PM on Monday, June 15

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations

5:00 PM on Monday, June 15

Joe Carrasco is among 400 Texas landowners in the Big Bend region facing land seizure by the Trump administration for border security infrastructure

3:55 PM on Monday, June 15

A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals, saying the move could help U.S. adversaries more than it hurts them

3:28 PM on Monday, June 15

A top Alaska elections official has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s August primary ballot

3:12 PM on Monday, June 15

3:07 PM on Monday, June 15

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid

11:30 AM on Monday, June 15

UFC CEO Dana White called fight night at the White House a smashing success

11:18 AM on Monday, June 15

Michigan State has lost its president and athletic director weeks apart and now faces a leadership crisis

7:57 AM on Monday, June 15

Bay Area voters previously represented by Democratic former congressman Eric Swalwell will narrow down a field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to replace him in a special primary on Tuesday

3:08 AM on Monday, June 15

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China’s development approach

12:01 AM on Monday, June 15

President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran

9:56 PM on Sunday, June 14

A Russian bombardment of Ukraine's biggest cities has set ablaze part of an Eastern Orthodox landmark and killed 11 people

12:02 AM on Sunday, June 14

President Donald Trump has celebrated turning 80 by announcing a preliminary agreement to end the war and a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn