Politics & Government News

1:04 PM on Friday, February 20

A judge is weighing the Washington Post's demand for federal authorities to return electronic devices seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last month

12:30 PM on Friday, February 20

The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war

12:02 PM on Friday, February 20

10:59 AM on Friday, February 20

Florida lawmakers approved a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump

10:51 AM on Friday, February 20

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only designated for presidents

10:45 AM on Friday, February 20

Trump says he'll sign executive order to enact 10% global tariff after Supreme Court defeat

10:41 AM on Friday, February 20

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to delay a Friday deadline to restore an exhibit on the history of slavery at Independence Mall in Philadelphia

10:23 AM on Friday, February 20

Trump says he's 'absolutely ashamed' of Supreme Court justices who issued 'deeply disappointing' tariff decision

10:18 AM on Friday, February 20

9:31 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat says Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the U.S. Trump's remarks Friday came a few hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on MSNOW’s “Morning Joe” show that his country was planning to finalize a draft deal in “the next two to three days” to then send to Washington

9:30 AM on Friday, February 20

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants

9:29 AM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court has dealt President Donald Trump a bruising loss on a cornerstone of his economic policy, striking down sweeping tariffs he imposed on nearly every country

8:43 AM on Friday, February 20

A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even as campaigns get underway

8:35 AM on Friday, February 20

There’s little that Donald Trump has cherished more in his second term than tariffs, a symbol of his imperious approach to the presidency

8:10 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump is dealing with a major legal defeat Friday after the Supreme Court struck down many of the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth

8:04 AM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court has struck down some of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs

7:34 AM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs in a 6-3 decision on Friday, handing him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda

7:07 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump says he's imposing a temporary global tariff of 10% after his far-reaching tariff regimen was struck down by the Supreme Court

5:53 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the United States

4:27 AM on Friday, February 20

American freeskier Hunter Hess got to the end of his successful run in Olympic halfpipe qualifying, then bent his left thumb and forefinger into the shape of an “L.”