Politics & Government News

12:37 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data following a lawsuit settlement with doctors' groups and other organizations

12:17 PM on Wednesday, September 3

August saw the death of Stella Rimington, the first female head of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency

12:16 PM on Wednesday, September 3

After a five-year legal showdown pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google, a federal judge concluded the disruptive forces of technology will have a better chance of hobbling an illegal monopoly than restraints imposed by a court order

11:56 AM on Wednesday, September 3

The conservative news network Newsmax has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News

11:56 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Artist and author Patrisse Cullors has written a love letter to a younger version of herself who knew what it was like to be homeless

11:51 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News, saying it tried to stifle competition

11:49 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Authorities in coastal Kenya say exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed

11:44 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal public defenders in Nevada are asking a judge to dismiss several indictments brought while Sigal Chattah has served as acting U.S. attorney because she has not been confirmed by the U.S. Senate

11:17 AM on Wednesday, September 3

A Democratic district attorney in Mississippi is running for U.S. Senate, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

11:05 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Lawyers for Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro are in a last-ditch effort to defend him in court

11:03 AM on Wednesday, September 3

A judge in Utah has ruled that the state must proceed right away with redrawing the state's congressional districts

11:03 AM on Wednesday, September 3

A Republican former speaker of the Florida House is joining the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026

11:01 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Zohran Mamdani says he won’t participate in any debates in the New York City mayor’s race except for two official debates next month that were organized by the local campaign finance board

10:57 AM on Wednesday, September 3

The Treasury Department has released a preliminary list of jobs exempt from income tax on tips, including food service, concierge, and salon workers

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5:01 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Missouri lawmakers are meeting in a special session to redraw the state's U.S. House districts

3:29 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Thailand's main opposition party agrees to support rival leader Anutin Charnvirakul as the next prime minister

9:21 PM on Tuesday, September 2

A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang