Politics & Government News

6:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

5:54 PM on Thursday, June 4

Casey Wasserman says he hasn't considered resigning as chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics despite Mayor Karen Bass urging him to quit

5:02 PM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump is planning to attend an NBA Finals game in New York next week to root for his hometown Knicks

4:51 PM on Thursday, June 4

Outraged Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police are demanding accountability over the state's Republican Party holding a public prayer for the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd

4:40 PM on Thursday, June 4

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s political career has been defined by historic milestones

4:35 PM on Thursday, June 4

Students, immigrant-rights advocates and Austin Community College asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let them defend the Texas Dream Act that has helped thousands of immigrant students lacking permanent legal status afford college

4:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

The Kennedy Center is removing references to President Donald Trump after a federal judge ruled they were added illegally

4:15 PM on Thursday, June 4

The National Capital Planning Commission wants more details on President Donald Trump's proposal for a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. The commission voted Thursday to seek additional information on the planned structure's impact on air navigation and traffic around the area between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery where the 250-foot arch is planned

4:04 PM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently

4:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals

3:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor

2:06 PM on Thursday, June 4

Authorities say an investigation into identity theft and the use of fake identification documents has led to the detention of 48 immigrants and the indictments of six people in South Carolina

12:34 PM on Thursday, June 4

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy

11:49 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump has announced that water has begun refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

10:52 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry

9:46 AM on Thursday, June 4

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time

7:07 AM on Thursday, June 4

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is back on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the department’s priorities, one day after he refused to say whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies

12:45 AM on Thursday, June 4

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

11:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached deep inside his country and cast a cloud over his showcase economic forum in his hometown of St. Petersburg

11:01 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war