Politics & Government News

5:13 PM on Sunday, August 24

Some National Guard units in Washington start carrying firearms as Trump threatens additional cities with deployments

5:08 PM on Sunday, August 24

Venezuelan opposition leaders and civil society groups said that the government released 13 people jailed in a crackdown by the government of President Nicolás Maduro following last year’s disputed elections

4:02 PM on Sunday, August 24

Ken Martin, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, says he's bringing a bazooka to the fight against President Donald Trump and his Republican allies

10:27 AM on Sunday, August 24

A posthumous memoir by prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre is set for release on Oct. 21

7:42 AM on Sunday, August 24

President Donald Trump says he's coming to the Ryder Cup

4:43 AM on Sunday, August 24

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is key in President Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations

10:00 PM on Saturday, August 23

Ukraine is marking 34 years of independence, and the country’s first generation of lawmakers and activists are reflecting on how early decisions shaped its struggle today

6:39 PM on Saturday, August 23

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills

12:39 PM on Saturday, August 23

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has paid tribute to slain presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Bogotá park where he was killed

12:00 PM on Saturday, August 23

A federal judge has ruled that religious colleges in Minnesota that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a program allowing high school students to take college courses for credit

9:55 AM on Saturday, August 23

The Trump administration has halted construction on an offshore wind project near Rhode Island that is 80% complete

9:48 AM on Saturday, August 23

A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida has been denied bond

9:23 AM on Saturday, August 23

Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him

7:47 AM on Saturday, August 23

U.S. immigration officials say they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges

11:04 PM on Friday, August 22

A drive to recruit Kurds and religious minorities to the Syrian government's General Security Forces in the northern area of Afrin has brought hope and skepticism

4:31 PM on Friday, August 22

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced this week that the U.S. will pause issuing work visas to some foreign truck drivers

3:52 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined a plea deal involving deportation to Costa Rica

1:16 PM on Thursday, August 21

The World Food Program says a drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire

7:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

Protests have flared up across Britain after a court order that will oust asylum-seekers from a suburban London hotel

10:58 AM on Monday, August 18

California and Texas are redrawing U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, highlighting redistricting's impact on political power