Politics & Government News

5:08 PM on Thursday, June 18

A West Texas organization has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that plans to install border barriers along the Rio Grande could cause flooding in the Big Bend area

4:56 PM on Thursday, June 18

Cuba’s Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures to open up the struggling island’s economy

4:53 PM on Thursday, June 18

Brazil’s Federal Police have executed search and seizure warrants targeting a high-ranking senator and ally of President Lula as part of a fraud and graft probe

4:47 PM on Thursday, June 18

The Department of Education has announced a reduction in interest rates for federal student loans, describing it as part of a plan to make higher education more affordable

4:20 PM on Thursday, June 18

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran

4:00 PM on Thursday, June 18

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been quietly directed to White House security

3:19 PM on Thursday, June 18

A bill in Sacramento could bring major changes to the California Public Records Act

3:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

Georgia lawmakers are poised to delay making any changes to the state’s current vote-counting method ahead of this year's midterm elections

3:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30

2:57 PM on Thursday, June 18

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has lashed out at members of Israel’s government, saying that the country is deeply isolated and its leaders have failed to appreciate U.S. diplomatic and military support

2:50 PM on Thursday, June 18

Janeese Lewis George has won Washington, D.C.'s Democratic primary for mayor, setting up a potential clash with the Trump administration over the city’s limited autonomy

2:43 PM on Thursday, June 18

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state

12:43 PM on Thursday, June 18

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures

12:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

Zimbabwe’s lower house has approved constitutional changes that would delay elections and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure by two years

11:27 AM on Thursday, June 18

Federal regulators have ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system

10:08 AM on Thursday, June 18

The Supreme Court has ruled against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users

8:03 AM on Thursday, June 18

A bipartisan bill top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate

6:27 AM on Thursday, June 18

Authorities in Niger say that an attack at the airport in Niger’s capital has killed 11 soldiers and two civilians, while 22 of the attackers have been killed by security forces

12:07 AM on Thursday, June 18

Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy

12:01 AM on Thursday, June 18

Vice President JD Vance has embraced the role of being the chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Iran over the weekend