Politics & Government News

8:07 AM on Saturday, February 21

4:11 AM on Saturday, February 21

Hong Kong’s government is offering to buy back homeownership rights from residents displaced by last year’s deadly Wang Fuk Court fire

1:54 AM on Saturday, February 21

Utah’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Republican lawmakers and left in place a congressional map that gives Democrats a high chance of picking up one of the state’s four Republican-held U.S. House seats in the fall

12:13 AM on Saturday, February 21

Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place

12:08 AM on Saturday, February 21

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs

8:26 PM on Friday, February 20

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

7:51 PM on Friday, February 20

A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump has been swiftly fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys

6:30 PM on Friday, February 20

The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years

6:23 PM on Friday, February 20

A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break

6:01 PM on Friday, February 20

Cuban officials say a U.S. fuel blockade is pushing Cuba’s health system toward collapse and putting lives at risk

1:41 PM on Friday, February 20

A U.S. appeals court late Friday says the Trump administration can halt work on a National Park Service slavery exhibit in Philadelphia while it appeals a judge's order to reinstall it

12:30 PM on Friday, February 20

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants

12:25 PM on Friday, February 20

The two best bets to win the gold medal in women’s halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States

11:43 AM on Friday, February 20

A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even as campaigns get underway

11:35 AM on Friday, February 20

There’s little that Donald Trump has cherished more in his second term than tariffs, a symbol of his imperious approach to the presidency

10:34 AM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs

8:30 AM on Friday, February 20

Five big European military powers have launched a joint effort to build cheap drone defenses and autonomous drones, using Ukraine’s battlefield expertise

8:26 AM on Friday, February 20

Hundreds of Buddhist monks have rallied in the capital of Sri Lanka to protest alleged government disrespect of their religion and disregard for a long-standing tradition that they be consulted in matters of state

8:43 AM on Wednesday, February 11

12:08 PM on Monday, February 2