Politics & Government News

3:34 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Rumors of Venezuela freeing Colombian prisoners gave Diana Tique hope of reuniting with her brother

3:26 PM on Tuesday, October 28

North Korea says it has fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to South Korea for a regional summit

3:16 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Opposition leaders in Cameroon Tuesday contested the results of the Oct. 12 presidential election after the country’s top court declared the world’s oldest leader Paul Biya winner

2:52 PM on Tuesday, October 28

MacKenzie Scott has donated $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

2:49 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The Senate is voting on legislation that would nullify President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice

2:29 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump is musing about a potential third-term bid for the White House

2:17 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit to defend census methods used to protect privacy and fill in missing data

2:01 PM on Tuesday, October 28

After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive

12:14 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices across the country

11:59 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Tanzanians will vote Wednesday in an election that pits incumbent leader Samia Suluhu Hassan against opposition candidates from smaller parties after her main rivals were barred from running

11:51 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

11:19 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A North Carolina man who told authorities he had killed his children and that his children's bodies were in the trunk of a vehicle at his home has been charged with four counts of murder

10:21 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown

9:41 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Air traffic controllers are missing another paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns about financial stress affecting their work

9:33 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan for overhauling the state’s aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed

5:19 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November

9:20 PM on Monday, October 27

Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage

9:03 PM on Monday, October 27

A federal judge has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area

9:02 PM on Monday, October 27

Vice President JD Vance says that he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week as the Trump administration reconfigures funding in the second-longest government shutdown

7:46 PM on Monday, October 27

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet with her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area