Politics & Government News

7:36 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A federal judge has referred Philadelphia's district attorney to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation into whether he broke the law while overseeing a post-conviction case

7:34 PM on Tuesday, September 15

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal

7:13 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented the Vietnam War and eight sitting U.S. presidents for The Associated Press and U.S. News and World Report, has died

7:02 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Seven noncitizens in Texas have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas

6:34 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Legislation to broadly regulate college sports has cleared a first major hurdle in the Senate

5:18 PM on Tuesday, September 15

President Donald Trump's efforts to assert federal control over elections are marching on despite a recent loss in the Supreme Court

4:41 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Hundreds of people gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 bombing

4:34 PM on Tuesday, September 15

President Donald Trump has scored a series of wins at the Supreme Court, but he's had some setbacks on key issues, despite the court’s conservative majority

4:22 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Most Americans value press freedom but also support limits on reporting in specific circumstances, such as protecting national security

2:53 PM on Tuesday, September 15

The loved ones of the 67 people killed in last year's collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., have a message for Congress and regulators

2:24 PM on Tuesday, September 15

The board of the Kennedy Center has voted to close the facility over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue

1:12 PM on Tuesday, September 15

Federal authorities have charged a dozen people for fraudulently collecting over $10 million in childcare payments without having actual attendees at their facilities

12:02 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has pleaded guilty to bribing officials to secure contracts for importing food during Venezuela's crisis

10:57 AM on Tuesday, September 15

Brazil’s Supreme Court stopped deliberations Tuesday on whether Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the man who led the trial against former President Jair Bolsonaro, should face an investigation in a graft case, a move that is also shaking the run-up to the country’s presidential election in October

9:43 AM on Tuesday, September 15

President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms

9:00 AM on Tuesday, September 15

Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to create a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency

8:26 AM on Tuesday, September 15

The Kennedy Center board has voted to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building

7:00 AM on Tuesday, September 15

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending the bureau’s loosening of hiring requirements regarding prostitution and bestiality, saying the changes were meant to enable victims of those acts to apply for employment without fear of automatic disqualification

12:30 AM on Tuesday, September 15

Brazil’s Supreme Court is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis

12:01 AM on Tuesday, September 15

The technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge