Politics & Government News

11:59 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Washington state’s governor is declaring an emergency to ensure adequate fuel is delivered to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a leak shut down a major fuel pipeline

11:06 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration

9:35 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A planned trip to Taiwan by Panamanian lawmakers has sparked a diplomatic spat with China

9:15 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week

9:07 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Larry Summers, once a prominent figure in Washington and academia, has stepped back from his teaching post at Harvard University

8:26 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

8:23 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Trump signs bill to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure after months of resistance

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

8:02 PM on Wednesday, November 19

An anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula is blocking foreigners from public health clinics in South Africa

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

7:12 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

6:25 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The House Ethics Committee has announced that a panel will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla

5:39 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge

4:55 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Missouri's attorney general is asking the State Department to notify China that the state is attempting to seize Chinese-owned properties to collect on a nearly $25 billion court judgment

2:10 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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

8:25 AM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning

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