Politics & Government News

11:36 PM on Saturday, July 11

The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries have reasserted that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal

3:52 PM on Saturday, July 11

Trinidad and Tobago’s government has signed agreements with U.S. companies to install large data centers, raising concerns about energy use and environmental impacts

3:39 PM on Saturday, July 11

A Democratic senator says whistleblowers have alleged numerous problems with rushed reconstruction of the Kennedy Center

2:00 PM on Saturday, July 11

A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank

12:20 PM on Saturday, July 11

A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy

7:25 AM on Saturday, July 11

Many longtime residents of the small Alaska fishing community of Petersburg say they opposed efforts by the state to keep a local man named Dan Sullivan from running in this year's U.S. Senate race, even if they're not voting for him

6:29 AM on Saturday, July 11

Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources

5:00 AM on Saturday, July 11

A boat has capsized in southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists less than half a kilometer from shore

3:24 AM on Saturday, July 11

The Department of Justice confirms that it's subpoenaed New York Times journalists after they reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One

2:32 AM on Saturday, July 11

British police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of killing former politician Ann Widdecombe

11:00 PM on Friday, July 10

The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston

10:35 PM on Friday, July 10

Iran says it again considers the Strait of Hormuz closed after a vessel using an ‘unauthorized route’ was struck by a warning shot in the critical waterway — potentially further menacing the already tenuous ceasefire agreement with the United States

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7:22 PM on Friday, July 10

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act

3:58 PM on Friday, July 10

Graham Platner has submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U.S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control

1:30 PM on Friday, July 10

The Nigerian government has announced the rescue of students abducted by militants in Oyo state in May

11:58 AM on Friday, July 10

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool again as President Donald Trump's problem-plagued effort to renovate the site pushes past his initial July 4 deadline

10:21 AM on Friday, July 10

British police have arrested a suspect in the killing of Ann Widdecombe, a former British member of Parliament and reality TV contestant

11:02 PM on Thursday, July 9

Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are trying to sow doubt about the case