Politics & Government News

5:04 PM on Monday, January 5

New Haven's police chief has abruptly retired following allegations he stole money from a department account

5:03 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro

4:59 PM on Monday, January 5

Provisional election results show Central Africa Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term

4:47 PM on Monday, January 5

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife

4:07 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in a closely watched Republican primary campaign in Kentucky

3:09 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress

2:50 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump has again raised the idea of acting against Mexican drug cartels, but Mexico and analysts doubt unilateral U.S. military action

2:12 PM on Monday, January 5

It's California Gov. Gavin Newsom's last year in office, and his final chance to make progress on some of the lofty goals he set when he ran for governor in 2018 as he considers a run for president in 2028

1:48 PM on Monday, January 5

The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.”

1:31 PM on Monday, January 5

Misrepresented and fabricated images of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have spread widely on social media since his capture over the weekend

1:15 PM on Monday, January 5

1:04 PM on Monday, January 5

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system

12:54 PM on Monday, January 5

A federal judge has reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped land convictions of the former state House speaker and his onetime aide

12:43 PM on Monday, January 5

11:51 AM on Monday, January 5

Cubans have lowered flags to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela

10:46 AM on Monday, January 5

Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro

9:29 AM on Monday, January 5

Allies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro

7:02 AM on Monday, January 5

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s censuring Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

5:14 AM on Monday, January 5

Top officials from President Donald Trump's administration have briefed congressional leaders on the U.S. government’s plans for the future of Venezuela

2:27 AM on Monday, January 5

An Indonesian court has opened the trial of a co-founder of the country's ride-hailing and payments company Gojek