Politics & Government News

3:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Trump's plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma

2:56 PM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says Venezuela offers security guarantees to mining companies that want to invest in risky, mineral-rich regions

2:23 PM on Thursday, March 5

Democrats are gearing up for a bruising presidential primary as they argue over how to rebuild a winning coalition

2:19 PM on Thursday, March 5

1:53 PM on Thursday, March 5

Mexico and the United States say they will start talks on March 16 ahead of a review of the free trade agreement that has shaped both countries’ economies and helped keep some of their commerce steady despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s constantly changing tariff policy

1:34 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump’s plans to nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to take over as Homeland Security secretary follow a notable political rise for the plumbing company owner who was first elected to Congress in 2012

12:58 PM on Thursday, March 5

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11:50 AM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

11:00 AM on Thursday, March 5

Sen. John Cornyn is going on offense against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as they fight for a Republican Senate runoff, and President Donald Trump’s endorsement hangs over it all

10:50 AM on Thursday, March 5

A Florida handyman who was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump

10:50 AM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

10:08 AM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump's administration is trying to explain why it struck Iran and killed its supreme leader without clear support from Congress or allies

10:03 AM on Thursday, March 5

Some two dozen states are challenging President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs in court

8:43 AM on Thursday, March 5

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would rather not repair a damaged pipeline that carries Russian oil to Central Europe

7:47 AM on Thursday, March 5

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is urging Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels

7:17 AM on Thursday, March 5

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has again emerged as Europe's most consistently vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, drawing his ire for refusing to let the U.S. use Spanish bases for strikes on Iran