Politics & Government News

3:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall

3:05 PM on Thursday, October 30

Hegseth orders military to send dozens of lawyers to help Justice Department in Memphis, near Mexico border, AP learns

2:25 PM on Thursday, October 30

Justice Department investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matters movement defrauded donors, sources tell AP

2:17 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer will be released on bond and return home, an immigration judge ruled Thursday

1:54 PM on Thursday, October 30

José Daniel Ferrer, a key Cuban dissident leader, has been exiled from Cuba and urges the opposition to challenge the government from abroad

1:30 PM on Thursday, October 30

1:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio inadvertently grabbed international headlines this week after he responded to an email meant for another man with a similar name: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

1:04 PM on Thursday, October 30

1:01 PM on Thursday, October 30

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat

12:58 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Maryland state senator has been indicted on federal charges of extortion and conspiracy related to her 2022 campaign for a state House seat for allegedly conspiring to try to silence a former consultant by threatening to make public a video of her in bed with a married man

12:28 PM on Thursday, October 30

A lawsuit filed by three Dallas residents seeks to strike down dozens of city ordinances they say violate a law that prevents Texas cities from adopting progressive policies

12:26 PM on Thursday, October 30

New Orleans faces deep cuts that could lead to furloughs or layoffs to address a $160 million budget shortfall

11:59 AM on Thursday, October 30

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.S. and its allies

10:05 AM on Thursday, October 30

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt cautioned this won’t solve all the problems as farmers continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds

9:53 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama's home

8:59 AM on Thursday, October 30

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco

5:34 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have an “illegal purpose."

2:46 AM on Thursday, October 30

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire after peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey's Foreign Ministry

11:02 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in spray-painting red hands around the Paris Holocaust memorial

8:37 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades