Politics & Government News

3:53 AM on Saturday, February 7

Yemen's ruling leadership council has named a new cabinet following deadly clashes in the south and the dissolution of a separatist group

11:01 PM on Friday, February 6

India and the United States have released a framework for an interim trade agreement to lower tariffs on Indian goods

7:18 PM on Friday, February 6

Mexican authorities have discovered bodies and remains in Sinaloa

6:37 PM on Friday, February 6

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey

6:01 PM on Friday, February 6

Trump says US had "very good" talks with Iran and more set next week but warns of "consequences" without nuclear deal

5:55 PM on Friday, February 6

The Pentagon says it will cut ties with Harvard University, ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs

5:51 PM on Friday, February 6

Trump says he will not apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas, adding, 'I didn't make a mistake'

5:36 PM on Friday, February 6

A federal judge says the Trump administration must bring back three deported families who should have been allowed to remain in the United States under a court settlement involving the separation of children from their parents at the border

5:34 PM on Friday, February 6

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday approved the use of the weed killer dicamba on genetically modified soybeans and cotton

5:03 PM on Friday, February 6

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington

4:57 PM on Friday, February 6

The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

4:38 PM on Friday, February 6

A federal judge in New York says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states

4:10 PM on Friday, February 6

3:53 PM on Friday, February 6

Cubans on Friday are facing a worsening crisis as U.S. efforts to block oil supplies take a toll

1:14 PM on Friday, February 6

The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother says it’s frustrating that a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home wasn’t able to capture images of anyone the day she went missing

11:14 AM on Friday, February 6

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office

7:02 AM on Friday, February 6

President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas

6:45 AM on Friday, February 6

President Donald Trump’s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted

9:54 PM on Thursday, February 5

Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington have returned to court to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers

7:59 PM on Thursday, February 5

Iran and the United States have held indirect talks in Oman