Politics & Government News

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A human rights group says that forced labor persists on massive sugarcane plantations across the Dominican Republic

1:15 PM on Tuesday, August 18

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The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

1:02 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A historic preservation group that sued to block construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the project while it considers whether the work can continue

12:55 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm that he won’t send troops to polling places during the midterm elections

12:31 PM on Tuesday, August 18

An appeals court has ruled that continued leadership of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nevada by the Trump administration’s pick violates federal law

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A federal judge has allowed paint tests on a historic building next to the White House to move ahead, granting President Donald Trump a win in his plan to add new coat of white paint to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

11:32 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Inspectors with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog have begun excavating a site linked to a clandestine nuclear program run by Syria's former government

10:52 AM on Tuesday, August 18

The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence

10:22 AM on Tuesday, August 18

The United States and South Korea have regularly conducted military drills to prepare for potential conflicts with North Korea

9:58 AM on Tuesday, August 18

The leader of Quebec's separatist party says he would delay any independence referendum until Donald Trump is no longer U.S. president

9:28 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted the head of Myanmar’s military-backed government, who visited Moscow on a trip intended to further boost cooperation between the countries

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to the Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries

6:34 AM on Tuesday, August 18

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several programs funded by Congress that lack staff to operate them

9:32 PM on Monday, August 17

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term

7:40 PM on Monday, August 17

A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington