Politics & Government News

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The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for nine months has been released from immigration detention

11:29 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets

10:21 AM on Tuesday, August 25

A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state’s bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law

9:49 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Families who lost loved ones when a suitcase bomb detonated aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 had been preparing to attend the terrorism trial of the accused bombmaker

9:27 AM on Tuesday, August 25

A legal watchdog says it has filed bar complaints accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two lieutenants of violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers with federal crimes for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

9:14 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Canada has pledged to roll out “dollar for dollar” counter-tariffs on scores of U.S. goods next month, in response to President Donald Trump’s latest import taxes that have plunged the North American neighbors deeper into a bitter trade war

9:03 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Ethnic clashes in southern Sudan have killed 27 people, including four children, a local medical group said

8:58 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July

8:09 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Pennsylvania health officials report that two unvaccinated residents have died after being infected with measles

7:41 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Brazil’s data protection regulator has fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais or nearly $30 million because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers

6:52 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee says former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and his eldest son have been detained after law enforcement officers raided businesses linked to the family

6:01 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States as relations between the two nations sharply deteriorate

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4:19 AM on Tuesday, August 25

The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems that are often called “killer robots.”

3:41 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Florida chef Elijah Button faces a tough situation after losing his Affordable Care Act health insurance due to a premium hike

2:58 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild them after the strikes

10:03 PM on Monday, August 24

A Ukrainian migrant in Poland has faced online hate despite her efforts to help others