Politics & Government News

8:23 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard, where he once served as president, after release of Epstein emails

7:31 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A draft report on reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significantly reduced in size, according to three people familiar with the matter

7:25 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Congress has passed a measure to overturn a plan enacted during the Biden administration that put off limits to oil and gas leasing nearly half a vast petroleum reserve in Alaska

7:24 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks

7:19 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth suggested during a hearing that the Trump administration was playing politics with the aviation system during the shutdown to force an agreement to reopen the government

7:12 PM on Wednesday, November 19

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing federal disaster funds and using the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday

7:08 PM on Wednesday, November 19

US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat from Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

6:23 PM on Wednesday, November 19

6:15 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The Trump administration has once again extended the life of a Michigan coal-fired power plant

6:00 PM on Wednesday, November 19

California will face a projected $18 billion deficit next year, according to a report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office

5:40 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral

5:11 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”

4:45 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories

3:58 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan

3:08 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live

11:54 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a Democrat

10:29 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Myanmar’s military government says it has extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to carry out the fraud

9:13 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Melania Trump and Usha Vance have marked the Thanksgiving season by visiting with Marine Corps members in North Carolina and saluting the sacrifices of military families

6:56 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Nigeria’s president has postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country

12:07 AM on Wednesday, November 19

The prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has hit another hurdle