Politics & Government

Britain's Conservative party has chosen 2 candidates to replace Boris Johnson

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Willem Marx

After several rounds of voting, lawmakers in Britain's Conservative party have chosen the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnson as the United Kingdom's Prime Minister

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government could collapse as early as Thursday

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Adam Raney

Despite comfortably winning a confidence motion in the upper house of the Italian parliament, Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government appears doomed.

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The next steps for the Jan. 6 committee as hearings come to a close

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

With the Jan. 6 committee wrapping up its summer hearings this week, here's a look at the next steps in its investigation.

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President Biden announced climate actions, but didn't declare a climate emergency

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden traveled to a factory supporting offshore wind energy in Massachusetts to announce climate actions, but he did not declare a climate emergency as climate advocates had hoped for.

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Former White House chiefs of staff weigh in on how Biden can avoid a midterm disaster

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Mara Liasson

President Biden's agenda is stuck and his standing with the public is at historic lows. Former White House chiefs of staff offer insights on what's going wrong and what could turn things around.

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley is up for a nomination that would make him the first Black four-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps' 246-year history.

The Marines are set to have the first Black 4-star general in their 246-year history

4:38pm July 20, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Lt. Gen. Michael Langley's nomination hearing to be general and commander of the United States Africa Command for the U.S. Marine Corps is set for Thursday.

The House oversight committee has released internal documents about the failed push for a census citizenship question by former President Donald Trump's administration, including Wilbur Ross, the former commerce secretary who is shown at a White House mee

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Documents detail the secret strategy behind Trump's census citizenship question push

3:44pm July 20, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Newly released documents confirm the Trump administration's push for a citizenship question was part of a bid to alter the census numbers used to divide up seats in Congress and the Electoral College.

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 7, 2022 near Block Island, RI.

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Facing legislative failure, Biden announces incremental climate initiatives

3:36pm July 20, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of declaring a "climate emergency."

Proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act would clarify the vice president's role in counting states' electoral votes. Here, then-Vice President Mike Pence is seen in the House chamber early on Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College a

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A bipartisan Senate group announces a deal on reforming the Electoral Count Act

1:59pm July 20, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The 1887 law governs the process of counting Electoral College votes and came under fresh scrutiny following attempts to invalidate the presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

President Biden is facing political trouble domestically, particularly from his own party.

Biden approval hits another new low as more Democrats sour on him, poll finds

11:59am July 20, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Democrats' approval of President Biden has dropped 9 points, pushing him to just a 36% approval rating in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.