Politics & Government News

11:17 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players make millions

9:26 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people

9:19 PM on Tuesday, June 2

A prediction market reported U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance

9:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Women in Sudan have shared their accounts of being abducted, raped and held for ransom by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

8:43 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is accusing one of his opponents in the Alaska primary — another Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan — of working with Democrats to boost the chances of his main rival, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola

7:15 PM on Tuesday, June 2

South Koreans are voting in mayoral and other local elections that are seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Jae Myung’s 1-year-old liberal government

1:01 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Canada is calling on the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the countries for another 16 years just as U.S. President Donald Trump revives talk of making Canada the 51st state

1:00 PM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

12:29 PM on Tuesday, June 2

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support

11:37 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce

10:25 AM on Tuesday, June 2

For a state that’s home to Hollywood, there isn’t much star power in California’s gubernatorial race

7:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Senate Republicans are weighing their next steps after the Trump administration's announcement that it is scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund for the president's allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted

12:03 AM on Tuesday, June 2

California’s congressional primaries on Tuesday are a preliminary test of Democrats’ best chance at countering Republican redistricting gains elsewhere this year

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

California voters are deciding who will advance in the race to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wants a return trip to City Hall after a shaky first term

12:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, has won the New Jersey Democratic primary in the battleground 7th District

12:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The contours of one of this year’s premier U.S. Senate races are taking shape in Iowa

Tuesday, June 2

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will next try to flip the seat currently held by GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring

Tuesday, June 2

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination to lead New Mexico, giving her a path to become the first Native American woman in the U.S. elected as a governor