Politics & Government News

5:25 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

4:48 PM on Tuesday, December 16

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients

4:37 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore

3:29 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs

3:16 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The Trump administration has designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist group, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them

3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump administration expands travel ban to include 5 more countries and imposes new limits on others

2:39 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Thousands have rallied across Slovakia to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico's latest controversial moves to dismantle an independent office that protects whistleblowers and amend the penal code

2:19 PM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert

2:14 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday for the return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

2:05 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

1:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035

1:40 PM on Tuesday, December 16

One of New Mexico’s most successful cannabis entrepreneurs is entering the race for governor

12:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

11:23 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Russian authorities have named German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle as an “undesirable organization,” effectively outlawing its operation in the country

11:20 AM on Tuesday, December 16

11:04 AM on Tuesday, December 16

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U_S_ has sued Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”

10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday

8:21 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have announced they will withdrawal from Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo following U.S. pressure

4:37 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days

8:58 AM on Monday, December 15

The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats