Politics & Government News

8:13 PM on Tuesday, June 23

A U.S. official says one of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models identified vulnerabilities in highly sensitive and secure U.S. government computer systems during a testing exercise

7:27 PM on Tuesday, June 23

The House has given final approval to a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, with lawmakers in both parties eager to show progress on affordability issues ahead of this year’s midterm elections

6:02 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

5:14 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

5:11 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

5:07 PM on Tuesday, June 23

4:26 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

3:26 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

2:47 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

2:00 PM on Tuesday, June 23

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

1:37 PM on Tuesday, June 23

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

1:05 PM on Tuesday, June 23

President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested over recent damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

12:53 PM 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

10:41 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

10:34 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

8:18 AM on Tuesday, June 23

3:50 AM on Tuesday, June 23

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

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 23

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

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 23

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the GOP runoff election for governor, defeating the candidate President Donald Trump had initially backed

12:01 AM on Tuesday, June 23

Maryland Democrat Adrian Boafo has advanced to November’s general election in the race to succeed his retiring former boss, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer