Politics & Government News

2:02 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Imprisoned former Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged to prove constitutional violations spoiled her trial

1:59 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities

1:30 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

1:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country

12:27 PM on Wednesday, December 17

12:25 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Trump administration is moving to dissolve the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado

12:18 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election

12:18 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A Democrat is running in every state and federal race on the Texas ballot next year

11:53 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people

11:53 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Veteran police officer Jeffery Carroll is taking over as interim chief of Washington's police force

11:44 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel

11:21 AM on Wednesday, December 17

In a rare move that could delay progress on NV Energy’s large-scale transmission line planned for the Highway 50 corridor, the federal Bureau of Land Management has ordered its Nevada office to address some environmental groups’ protests against the project

11:10 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Four moderate House Republicans have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson by supporting a Democratic petition to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year

11:02 AM on Wednesday, December 17

9:47 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has achieved federal recognition as a tribal nation by attaching it to a defense bill passed by Congress

9:38 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. Treasury asked major philanthropic donors to contribute to new investment accounts for children Wednesday in part of what Secretary Scott Bessent called a “50 State Challenge” to raise funds for the Trump Accounts program

7:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs

3:19 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A congressional report says China exploits partnerships with U.S. researchers to give its military access to nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications

9:16 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Democratic senators are criticizing the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air

9:07 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Fani Willis has counterattacked during a Wednesday Georgia state Senate committee questioning her prosecution of Donald Trump