Politics & Government News

5:02 PM on Tuesday, June 23

A private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico has countersued the U.S. territory’s government

4:14 PM on Tuesday, June 23

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers

4:11 PM on Tuesday, June 23

A coalition of 17 states and a trade association are suing California to block a strict recycling law aimed at reducing plastic waste

4:07 PM on Tuesday, June 23

3:28 PM on Tuesday, June 23

The leaders of four Central European countries have revived their regional alliance, the Visegrád Four, during a meeting in Hungary

3:26 PM on Tuesday, June 23

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year

3:12 PM on Tuesday, June 23

Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez says he will not recognize the June 7 presidential runoff results if officials reject his petition to annul votes cast by Peruvians overseas

2:43 PM on Tuesday, June 23

Republican senators say they hope that a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump is about unity, not disagreement

2:26 PM on Tuesday, June 23

California intends to sue the Trump administration over its deal to end an offshore wind project proposed off the state’s central coast

1:47 PM on Tuesday, June 23

A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants across the United States

1:00 PM on Tuesday, June 23

A European Union mission has highlighted the transparency and efficiency of Colombia's presidential election vote count

11:53 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The U.S. government has slapped additional sanctions on Cuban companies that are expected to spook foreign investors and deepen a severe economic crisis

11:34 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers

10:21 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas that sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury

9:41 AM on Tuesday, June 23

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda

9:34 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers

7:59 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran

7:18 AM on Tuesday, June 23

2:50 AM on Tuesday, June 23

The U.S. and Iran disputed whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites

11:08 PM on Monday, June 22

President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania, for a speech meant to focusing on the economy