Politics & Government News

2:15 AM on Saturday, August 8

Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

12:59 AM on Saturday, August 8

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season

9:01 PM on Friday, August 7

The Trump administration has announced renewed efforts to limit birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents under specific circumstances and children who are the result of “birth tourism.”

9:00 PM on Friday, August 7

States are debating whether to crack down on social media influencers making political advertisements without disclosing that they were paid

6:05 PM on Friday, August 7

The Pentagon has revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information

5:57 PM on Friday, August 7

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is pledging to revive the country's oil and gas sector and restore state-owned energy company Ecopetrol

4:30 PM on Friday, August 7

Senior Health and Human Services adviser Mark Cruz will now lead the U.S. agency that provides healthcare to some 2.8 million Native Americans

1:56 PM on Friday, August 7

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is confirming that he’s staying on the nation’s highest court for another term

1:33 PM on Friday, August 7

Californians may soon lose the ability to have liquor from craft distilleries delivered to their homes

1:11 PM on Friday, August 7

New Mexico's attorney general hopes a huge ruling against social media giant Meta is just a step in addressing how Big Tech can harm children

1:10 PM on Friday, August 7

Some Native cultural artifacts and sacred sites have been left vulnerable after Congress rescinded reporting requirements for development on the Outer Continental Shelf

1:04 PM on Friday, August 7

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall

12:48 PM on Friday, August 7

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump has sued the Justice Department, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights

12:22 PM on Friday, August 7

A U.S. Senate resolution has added Missouri to the list of teams with a claim to the 1960 national championship in college football

12:11 PM on Friday, August 7

President Donald Trump has gotten a reprieve in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

11:44 AM on Friday, August 7

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied

11:34 AM on Friday, August 7

A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, saying the decision discriminates against Black students