Politics & Government News

3:50 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being offset by falling sales abroad

3:40 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina state legislator accused by authorities of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old has resigned from the General Assembly

3:34 PM on Friday, October 31

New Pentagon policy undercuts ability for trans troops to argue to remain in the military following Trump ban, AP learns

2:57 PM on Friday, October 31

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

2:18 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina deputy has shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was wanted in the death of his grandmother

1:38 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced

1:36 PM on Friday, October 31

Judge says Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voter form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups

1:05 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation prohibiting immigration arrests near courthouses

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark

1:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Coast Guard Island — a California Coast Guard base located in the Oakland Estuary — was the focus of protests of last week's planned-then-abandoned surge of federal immigration officials

11:08 AM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin has become the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school

11:05 AM on Friday, October 31

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

10:04 AM on Friday, October 31

Many people might be wondering how they can help their neighbors put food on the table with federal food aid set to be frozen on Nov. 1

7:03 AM on Friday, October 31

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown

6:45 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster

6:25 AM on Friday, October 31

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown

5:38 AM on Friday, October 31

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area

2:27 AM on Friday, October 31

King Charles III has stripped his brother Andrew of his princely title and home amid mounting pressure to address his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

12:56 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections