Politics & Government News

10:10 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s victory in California’s election fight over U.S. House control will help raise his national profile as a Democrat willing to confront President Donald Trump

9:53 PM on Tuesday, November 4

A Houston official and a former City Council member are headed to a runoff for the vacant U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district

9:51 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff to fill Texas’ 18th Congressional District on Tuesday

9:50 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advance to runoff for U.S. House in Texas’ 18th Congressional District

9:31 PM on Tuesday, November 4

President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections, but many voters in key races made their choice in opposition to him or considered him to be irrelevant, according to the AP Voter Poll

9:13 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Dick Cheney was the public face of the Bush administration’s boundary-pushing approach to surveillance and intelligence collection in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

9:12 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Zohran Mamdani has stormed onto the national political scene by winning New York City's mayoral election

9:07 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Three lower courts have ruled illegal President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping worldwide tariffs

9:06 PM on Tuesday, November 4

President Donald Trump’s power to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs is coming before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a pivotal test of executive power with trillion-dollar implications for the global economy

9:05 PM on Tuesday, November 4

A judge will consider how to respond to allegations that federal immigration agents in the Chicago area have used excessive force

9:04 PM on Tuesday, November 4

President Donald Trump is heading to Miami, speaking on the anniversary of his reelection to a second term

9:01 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever

4:48 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson as voters in the liberal city question whether he’s done enough in his first term to address public safety, homelessness and affordability

4:18 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has been touched by an unknown man while she had her back turned before a government official intervened

9:43 AM on Tuesday, November 4

7:13 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Voters in races across the country have backed Democrats, including in New York’s mayoral race and contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia

12:37 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Tanzanian authorities are facing growing concern over killings during crackdowns on protests surrounding last week's election

9:22 PM on Monday, November 3

California voters have approved a plan to overhaul the state’s congressional district boundaries, giving Democrats a boost in their bid to win the U.S. House majority next year

9:17 PM on Monday, November 3

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country

9:08 PM on Monday, November 3

No candidate has cleared the required 50%-plus-one threshold required to win the Minneapolis mayor’s race after the first round of counting