Politics & Government News

6:46 PM on Monday, June 29

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Keith Sonderling as secretary of labor

5:45 PM on Monday, June 29

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps

5:29 PM on Monday, June 29

Arkansas is moving forward with a ban on allowing government food aid to be used for candy and soda

5:03 PM on Monday, June 29

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats

4:42 PM on Monday, June 29

Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year in Virginia

3:09 PM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Federal Reserve, unlike any other agency in Washington, has a measure of independence from the presidency and day-to-day politics

2:41 PM on Monday, June 29

Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its interpretation of new Medicaid work requirements

2:14 PM on Monday, June 29

Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice

1:22 PM on Monday, June 29

Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic says early general elections will be held in the next three to four months

1:20 PM on Monday, June 29

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12:51 PM on Monday, June 29

John Yoo, a conservative law professor known for his views on presidential power, confirms he will advise a team investigating whether officials conspired against Donald Trump

12:03 PM on Monday, June 29

Senegal's National Assembly has adopted a controversial constitutional amendment that expands its role and reduces presidential powers

11:51 AM on Monday, June 29

Authorities have retaken control of a jail in eastern North Carolina where inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of the facility

11:14 AM on Monday, June 29

A former Conservative lawmaker has pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling by using insider knowledge to bet on the date then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would call a U.K. election two years ago

9:24 AM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court says Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook can remain in her job for now, a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank

9:08 AM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court is rejecting a Republican-led attack on state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump

8:43 AM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court says it will consider Arizona voting laws passed in the wake of the 2020 election that impose proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and regular purging of state voter rolls

8:37 AM on Monday, June 29

The Supreme Court is rejecting a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused writer E

7:33 AM on Monday, June 29

President Donald Trump has won and lost some as the Supreme Court wraps its final week of a term focused on executive power