Politics & Government News

7:46 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels

6:05 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl has announced his withdrawal from public life, citing a dementia diagnosis

5:40 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries

5:15 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Former Colorado congressman and Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell has died

5:07 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a former Colorado congressman known for his advocacy of tribal issues, has died at 92

4:30 PM on Tuesday, December 30

US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands

3:30 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The Trump administration has announced that it is freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

3:18 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years

2:50 PM on Tuesday, December 30

Bolivian miners have set off dynamite and launched fireworks at police during protests against economic reforms by President Rodrigo Paz

2:47 PM on Tuesday, December 30

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of South Sudanese immigrants in the U.S. The decision Tuesday comes as the Massachusetts court reviews whether President Trump's attempt to end their temporary protected status was illegal

12:33 PM on Tuesday, December 30

The United States and Ivory Coast have signed a health deal that would require the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African nation’s health sector

12:00 PM on Tuesday, December 30

11:28 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after a battle with leukemia

11:23 AM on Tuesday, December 30

Immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands

11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 30

High-level DOJ officials pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he fought deportation error, judge’s order says

7:28 AM on Tuesday, December 30

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility

3:56 AM on Tuesday, December 30

German prosecutors say they will drop an investigation of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov over possible breaches of sanctions after he agreed to pay 10 million euros, or about $11.8 million, to the authorities

9:04 PM on Monday, December 29

Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans’ bid to reclaim two-thirds control of the chamber

4:02 AM on Friday, December 5

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts