Politics & Government News

6:27 PM on Wednesday, August 19

A Missouri judge has rejected bid to let voters decide whether to use new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump

5:20 PM on Wednesday, August 19

A Missouri court has rejected a request to let voters decide in November whether to make it harder for lawmakers to change laws enacted by citizen initiatives

5:14 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The national debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion, highlighting the impact of defense costs, social programs, and interest on the deficit

4:57 PM on Wednesday, August 19

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4:54 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is promising to advocate for the agency while addressing staff burnout and understaffing issues

4:31 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network

3:48 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Canada and the United States have moved closer to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs

2:35 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Companies that secretly vary prices based on how much they think individual customers will pay could face federal charges under a proposed Federal Trade Commission policy

2:30 PM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump played White House tour guide, showcasing his construction projects, including a new helipad and ballroom

12:31 PM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration

10:16 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Democratic voters have delivered an upset by nominating democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon over moderate Alex Vindman, a former national security official

9:40 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Kennedy Center has told a federal court it won't try to restore Donald Trump's name to the building facade before at least Sept. 8

7:58 AM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration

7:51 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and says there's "no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump

5:33 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The International Criminal Court has criticized new U.S. sanctions on its senior staff as a “flagrant attack” on its independence

4:27 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election

3:29 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior official amid a corruption investigation involving a deputy head of the presidential office

1:29 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Sen. Darline Graham, running in South Carolina's runoff election, stumbled over a foreign policy question during a debate

8:53 PM on Tuesday, August 18

North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as the provocative nature of the drills

12:57 PM on Sunday, August 16

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake