Politics & Government News

3:02 AM on Tuesday, December 2

The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests

11:09 PM on Monday, December 1

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A bear in Southern California has taken up residence in the crawlspace under a man's home

6:54 PM on Monday, December 1

Prosecutors in Colombia have charged two former members of President Gustavo Petro’s government with corruption for their alleged role in a congressional vote buying scheme

6:06 PM on Monday, December 1

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It's not often Pentagon officials hold briefings for the press, but they are this week — although outlets that reach millions of news consumers have been denied access

5:17 PM on Monday, December 1

The Trump administration has announced new immigration restrictions following the shooting of two National Guard members by a suspect who is an Afghan national

4:56 PM on Monday, December 1

President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress

4:25 PM on Monday, December 1

Legal experts say leveling a second strike on the survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat would have been a crime

3:20 PM on Monday, December 1

The White House says a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful

3:04 PM on Monday, December 1

Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements

2:17 PM on Monday, December 1

West Virginia's governor says a National Guard member from his state who was shot last week in an attack in Washington, D.C., remains in serious condition but has shown some positive signs

11:18 AM on Monday, December 1

Officials say the U.K. has sealed a deal securing a 0% tariff rate for all U.K. medicines exported to the U.S. for at least three years, in return for the U.K. spending more on new medicine

10:42 AM on Monday, December 1

New York City is set to get its first Vegas-style casinos, with one near the New York Mets' stadium and another potentially seeing a windfall for President Donald Trump

10:24 AM on Monday, December 1

A recent Ebola outbreak in southern Congo has been declared over by health officials, after no new cases were reported for 45 days

8:29 AM on Monday, December 1

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Frank Bradley will provide a classified briefing to key lawmakers overseeing the military on Thursday as they investigate a U.S. military attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs that included a second strike that killed any survivors

12:04 AM on Monday, December 1

Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats

12:04 AM on Monday, December 1

With votes from about 57% of polling places counted in Honduras, preliminary and partial results showed conservative candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla leading the presidential contest early Monday and the governing party trailing

6:33 PM on Sunday, November 30

Donald Trump’s doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age