Politics & Government News

5:24 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Lawmakers have released a federal audit that found that only 25% of some $14 billion in federal funds obligated for Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria razed it almost a decade ago has reached the U.S. territory

3:08 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Gabriel García Luna, Guatemala’s new attorney general, pledges to dismantle his predecessor Consuelo Porras’ administration, which he calls “repressive and vengeful.”

2:15 PM on Wednesday, July 1

A federal judge in Arkansas is throwing out some state laws that put extra restrictions on efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives

1:11 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The Trump administration has sued California and Virginia over new laws in both states that restrict the sale of semiautomatic firearms

1:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The latest disclosure report listing President Donald Trump's financial holdings shows he took in about $1.2 billion last year from crypto holdings, overshadowing a real estate business that first brought him fame

12:46 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday

12:11 PM on Wednesday, July 1

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10:16 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Former CIA Director John Brennan is suing the Trump administration, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that are targeting him

9:49 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Authorities say 16 children from the same family who were rescued from a run-down home in rural Ohio were living in horrific conditions and were confined to just one room over much of the past four years

8:11 AM on Wednesday, July 1

A Democratic member of Congress is calling for a federal investigation into the "rent now, pay later" industry

5:10 AM on Wednesday, July 1

A federal filing shows President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses

3:43 AM on Wednesday, July 1

America has come to a landmark moment of pride and patriotism — and a time of division and doubt

2:04 AM on Wednesday, July 1

President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday

1:21 AM on Wednesday, July 1

One person has died and four others have been injured in pre-dawn firebomb attacks that targeted members of Greece's governing New Democracy party

12:02 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Many Venezuelan earthquake survivors across northern La Guaira state, in Caracas and surrounding regions are asking the same question

9:47 PM on Tuesday, June 30

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9:03 PM on Tuesday, June 30

Seven more people have been sentenced to prison over a shooting during a protest outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer

4:39 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The North American trade pact that President Donald Trump negotiated and boasted about in his first term is up for renewal

4:38 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The North American trade pact that President Donald Trump negotiated and boasted about in his first term is up for renewal

12:39 PM on Tuesday, June 30

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a Trump administration panel studying UFOs