Politics & Government News

4:16 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

4:07 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury

4:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher

3:59 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy

3:30 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A former Missouri lawmaker who was censured over sexual misconduct allegations has won a court case to recoup thousands of dollars seized from his salary as a penalty

3:01 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Florida's attorney general has opened an investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT

2:59 PM on Tuesday, April 21

2:19 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Trump administration is requiring all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some Medicaid providers

2:06 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Senate Republicans are moving this week to try and reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history

1:45 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Ukraine has completed repairs on a damaged oil pipeline and is preparing to resume flows

1:41 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA

9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

NATO has intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets over the Baltic Sea

8:53 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran

7:36 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is resigning rather than being formally disciplined by the House as part of an ethics investigation into her use of campaign funds

7:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories

6:54 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event

4:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

4:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump says the United States is extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic

1:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip

7:03 PM on Monday, April 20

President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so