Politics & Government News

8:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal judge who ruled last week that the Trump administration broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area says he will not immediately consider a request to bar the ongoing use of 300 Guard troops

7:15 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Mexico's government has submitted a budget proposal to impose new import taxes on over 1,400 products, mainly from Asian countries

7:01 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Court rules Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor for now while fighting Trump’s attempt to fire her

5:46 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena medical records from a prominent children’s hospital about transgender patients and gender-affirming medical treatment

5:35 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner, advances in Boston mayor's race and will face incumbent Michelle Wu in November

5:18 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a target of the Trump administration, advances in preliminary election in bid for second term

4:49 PM on Tuesday, September 9

President Donald Trump had dinner at a seafood restaurant near the White House as part of his effort to promote deploying the National Guard and federalizing the police force in the nation's capital

3:25 PM on Tuesday, September 9

President Donald Trump is trying to walk a delicate line following Israel’s attack against Hamas officials in Qatar

1:44 PM on Tuesday, September 9

As the nation’s third-largest city awaits a much-hyped federal intervention, residents are making changes in their daily routines

1:33 PM on Tuesday, September 9

The Supreme Court is granting an unusually quick hearing on whether President Donald Trump has the power under federal law to impose sweeping tariffs

1:04 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic mayor secured a comfortable win in a primary election despite days of intense backlash following the deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina

11:01 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Missouri's Republican-led House has passed a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts at the urging of President Donald Trump

9:01 AM on Tuesday, September 9

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date to the 1960s

5:48 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Chief Justice John Roberts is temporarily keeping in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid

5:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles

3:35 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

3:03 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic lawmaker from Austin whose profile has risen with viral videos confronting right-wing policies is launching a long shot bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas

9:04 PM on Monday, September 8

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power

8:48 PM on Monday, September 8

Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the special election to be Virginia’s next U.S. House representative

7:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders