Politics & Government News

2:49 PM on Friday, January 9

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

2:44 PM on Friday, January 9

The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government “to save and restore the American family,” kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues

1:32 PM on Friday, January 9

Opening statements began Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford students who overtook a university building during 2024 pro-Palestine protests

1:09 PM on Friday, January 9

The wife of the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis says the couple had stopped their car to support their neighbors and they had whistles, while the masked agents had guns

1:05 PM on Friday, January 9

12:37 PM on Friday, January 9

The Trump administration has approved Nevada's plan to use $170 million to expand broadband access

12:29 PM on Friday, January 9

A federal judge is expected to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered legal protections for more than 10,000 relatives of citizens and green card holders

11:56 AM on Friday, January 9

Cyprus says it has fallen victim to a malicious disinformation attack painting the country’s leadership as corrupt that’s similar to previous Russian hybrid campaigns aiming to discredit other countries including France, Germany and the U_S_ According to an initial Cyprus Security Services analysis obtained by The Associated Press Friday, the 8 ½ -minute video exhibits “the characteristics of organized Russian disinformation campaigns.”

11:27 AM on Friday, January 9

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says his agency is taking a closer look at financial transactions between Minnesotan residents and businesses and Somalia

11:10 AM on Friday, January 9

A judge who ruled a Trump administration prosecutor was serving unlawfully also rejected his bid to obtain tax return information in a criminal investigation

10:59 AM on Friday, January 9

Trump to meet with Colombia president next month; calls on Petro to make quick progress on stemming cocaine flow into US

10:13 AM on Friday, January 9

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says Friday the state is facing a $2.9 billion budget deficit

9:38 AM on Friday, January 9

Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family’s bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges

8:07 AM on Friday, January 9

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis

6:30 AM on Friday, January 9

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has asked the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office

5:39 AM on Friday, January 9

5:27 AM on Friday, January 9

Italy has provided crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations

12:16 AM on Friday, January 9

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements

11:57 PM on Thursday, January 8

Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire

10:13 AM on Wednesday, January 7