Politics & Government News

6:09 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Live Nation lawyers have revealed that President Donald Trump spoke personally with the chief executive of Live Nation in the weeks before the Justice Department abruptly settled its longstanding antitrust lawsuit against the entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary

4:43 PM on Wednesday, June 24

A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won broad bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it’s hit a major roadblock in becoming law

4:38 PM on Wednesday, June 24

An incumbent South Dakota Republican state senator is facing two felony counts after an investigation found falsified signatures on forms he tried to submit for state GOP positions

4:18 PM on Wednesday, June 24

U.S. gasoline prices decreased an average of 49 cents a gallon in the last month as expectations rose for an end to the war with Iran

4:15 PM on Wednesday, June 24

3:53 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Federal bribery charges against former New York Mayor Eric Adams' onetime chief of staff are just the latest allegations against members of the ex-mayor's inner circle

3:21 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Michigan can keep a lid on the personal information of registered voters

2:06 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Zimbabwe’s Senate has approved constitutional amendments that would remove direct presidential elections and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term

1:59 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Civil society organizations in South Africa says that adolescent girls and women are among the first to feel the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts

1:14 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill for the creation of state police in a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the conflict-racked nation

1:11 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon

12:48 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding removal from a list naming it a Chinese military company

11:42 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals

9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political newcomer, has been declared Colombia’s next president

7:52 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A former chief of staff to New York ex-Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested in a bribery case

7:03 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Democratic congressional primary results in New York City are accelerating the party's debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

6:07 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Mallory McMorrow is trying to turn the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge into a campaign issue in Michigan’s Senate race

4:03 AM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States is the only nation to guarantee citizenship to children born within its borders

11:02 PM on Tuesday, June 23

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has met with President Donald Trump, advocating for the military alliance that the U.S. leader has sharply criticized

10:29 PM on Tuesday, June 23

The Army’s commander of its forces in Europe and Africa is unexpectedly stepping down after just 18 months in the job