Politics & Government News

9:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

A former New York City Council candidate has been charged with forgery over allegations he used artificial intelligence to post fake endorsements and news articles on social media

7:59 PM on Wednesday, June 24

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

5:16 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Congressional Democrats are calling for investigations into renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the ongoing drama over the president’s problem-plagued, $16 million rehabilitation project continues to roil the capital

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

4:13 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time, as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action

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

1:11 PM on Wednesday, June 24

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

11:38 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections

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

7:35 AM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump is on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday for a campaign-style rally that he hopes gets Americans excited about his presidency and the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations

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

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