Politics & Government News

8:10 PM on Monday, June 22

The Pentagon has told lawmakers it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the war in Iran

7:20 PM on Monday, June 22

The top U.S. auto regulator has opened an investigation after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside

6:48 PM on Monday, June 22

Authorities have arrested two more people in Missouri and Washington state in connection with a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC event at the White House earlier this month

6:39 PM on Monday, June 22

Tucker Carlson says he won't support the Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections

5:29 PM on Monday, June 22

Romanian lawmakers have rejected a new government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Adrian Vestea, deepening the country's political crisis

4:50 PM on Monday, June 22

Oregon's rural hospitals are set to receive $37.5 million in state and federal funds to support labor and delivery care

4:39 PM on Monday, June 22

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used

4:27 PM on Monday, June 22

A man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has challenged a decision by a top state elections official to disqualify his candidacy and remove him from the August primary ballot

4:21 PM on Monday, June 22

The Senate has passed a bipartisan housing bill that aims to bring down home prices and increase supply

4:01 PM on Monday, June 22

Trump-endorsed outsider Abelardo de la Espriella appears to have won Colombia’s presidential election, making Colombia the latest country in Latin America to have chosen more conservative leadership

3:58 PM on Monday, June 22

Legislation to keep Georgia’s embattled vote-counting method in place for this year’s midterm elections is facing strong opposition from state Democrats

3:02 PM on Monday, June 22

National Guard members and U.S. Park Police are patrolling the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

3:01 PM on Monday, June 22

Authorities in South Sudan have set Dec. 22 for the country's first general election since independence in 2011

1:49 PM on Monday, June 22

The family of a 1-year-old boy killed by police in Mississippi is calling on authorities to release video of the shooting

8:23 AM on Monday, June 22

Vice President JD Vance says peace talks with Iran created a “good foundation for a successful final deal” to end the war that began at the end of February

7:13 AM on Monday, June 22

Two of South Carolina’s top officeholders will compete one-on-one for the Republican nomination for governor in a primary runoff election on Tuesday

7:10 AM on Monday, June 22

Democratic nomination contests for New York’s seats in the closely divided U.S. House take center stage Tuesday in a state primary

12:21 AM on Monday, June 22

The Utah judge in the murder case of Charlie Kirk’s killing has denied a defense request to force Tyler Robinson’s former roommate to testify in person during the preliminary hearing

12:08 AM on Monday, June 22

New York’s congressional candidates are delivering closing arguments ahead of primary elections Tuesday, as an ascendent progressive left takes on establishment Democrats

12:01 AM on Monday, June 22

Abelardo de la Espriella is poised to become Colombia’s next president