Politics & Government News

5:42 PM on Friday, April 3

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill

5:04 PM on Friday, April 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has terminated a nearly $9 million grant contract with the Piikani Lodge Health Institute in Montana

2:59 PM on Friday, April 3

A federal judge has ruled that Border Patrol agents continued illegal stops and arrests in California despite a previous order to stop

2:31 PM on Friday, April 3

The Supreme Court's spokeswoman says Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at an event in Philadelphia last month and was treated for dehydration before returning home to suburban Washington

2:16 PM on Friday, April 3

Georgia lawmakers have passed a bill allowing property owners to file claims against local governments for not enforcing bans on outdoor sleeping and bans that require cooperation with federal immigration authorities

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Georgia lawmakers have ended their legislative session without addressing concerns over data centers

1:09 PM on Friday, April 3

Mississippi officials are moving closer to creating a state home mitigation program to help protect residents from natural disasters

1:08 PM on Friday, April 3

A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back

12:28 PM on Friday, April 3

Tigers Woods’ second arrest on charges of driving under the influence has put golf on hold for one of the game's most important figures

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Efforts to quickly and quietly oust the president of the University of Wisconsin system are drawing fire from a Republican legislative leader

8:44 AM on Friday, April 3

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Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future

7:25 AM on Friday, April 3

The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea

7:24 AM on Friday, April 3

Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said, two days after those countries resumed conversations after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds

6:52 AM on Friday, April 3

Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to lower costs and end wars

6:25 AM on Friday, April 3

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been holding a series of “rental rip-off hearings” for disgruntled tenants to air their complaints about bad landlords

5:29 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired