Politics & Government News

2:05 PM on Monday, February 9

Ecologist Greta Wengert warns that illegal cannabis grows are polluting California's public lands

1:19 PM on Monday, February 9

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s 2025 campaign fundraising has reached $4.3 million, heavily relying on a legal loophole that allows donors to skirt contribution limits

1:12 PM on Monday, February 9

President Donald Trump’s push to expand natural gas infrastructure faces local opposition in Brookfield, Connecticut

12:44 PM on Monday, February 9

State officials are hearing voters’ worries about the cost of everyday items such as housing, groceries, utilities and child care

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The children of China critic Jimmy Lai say President Donald Trump's possible visit to Beijing in April could be crucial for their father's release

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The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year

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Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign

9:23 AM on Monday, February 9

Tanzania’s opposition leader charged with treason has appeared in court for the first time in months

7:55 AM on Monday, February 9

Federal authorities have denied trying to expedite an end to asylum claims for the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area

5:58 AM on Monday, February 9

Vice President JD Vance is in Armenia, a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before

5:43 AM on Monday, February 9

Lawmakers have tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating

4:05 AM on Monday, February 9

The images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations

1:36 AM on Monday, February 9

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to fight for his job as revelations about the relationship between the former U.K. ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein spiral into a full-blown crisis for his 19-month-old government

1:16 AM on Monday, February 9

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will “support’’ UK police assessing reports that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

9:29 PM on Sunday, February 8

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has started a state visit to Australia, aiming to console grieving Jews and improve bilateral relations

9:05 PM on Sunday, February 8

Venezuela's top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado