Politics & Government News

7:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” have been removed

6:51 PM on Thursday, December 18

Water leaders in the U.S. West gathered this week with a hefty task hanging over their heads — figuring out a long-term plan for sharing water from the Colorado River

6:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes

6:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

Brazil’s lower house speaker Hugo Motta has decided to remove two lawmakers close to former President Jair Bolsonaro from their seats in the latest blow to the far-right leader serving a 27-year jail sentence for leading a coup attempt

6:28 PM on Thursday, December 18

Honduras electoral officials have launched a special count of the final set of votes in the country’s November presidential election, after three weeks of uncertainty, swirling accusations and pressure from the Trump administration to wrap up the results

6:02 PM on Thursday, December 18

The United Nations General Assembly has approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s

5:53 PM on Thursday, December 18

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88

5:51 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake

5:44 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

5:37 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to pursue reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

5:08 PM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration

4:34 PM on Thursday, December 18

Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican

3:18 PM on Thursday, December 18

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation

1:19 PM on Thursday, December 18

Democrats won't issue a postelection report on their 2024 shellacking after all

11:11 AM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors

10:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine

8:40 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

7:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting of sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

11:21 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has offered a glowing account of progress under his watch in a speech from the White House

11:58 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Nebraska plans to be the first state to implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients