Politics & Government News

12:42 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Trump administration set to announce 'substantial pickup in Russia sanctions,' Bessent says without giving details

11:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

An Indigenous alliance in Ecuador says it will stop blocking highways in protest over the end of a diesel subsidy after the country's president threatened to bring in the military

10:55 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Local authorities report that a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia, resulting in the deaths of 40 people, including infants

10:50 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The United Nations says Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers and allowed three others to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them in the facility in Yemen's capital over the weekend

10:43 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel

10:39 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Trump administration announces another strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

10:24 AM on Wednesday, October 22

9:41 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Sellers are noticeably scarce on Manhattan's Canal Street a day after a mass of federal agents questioned street vendors and sparked spontaneous protests on Manhattan’s Canal Street

9:04 AM on Wednesday, October 22

President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities over objections of mayors and governors have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping rulings

8:59 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs

8:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech to protest what he calls President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown

8:17 AM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East

7:26 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Minnesota Supreme Court has delivered a win to transgender weightlifter JayCee Cooper, even while keeping part of the case alive for the organization that banned her from competing in its women's division

7:01 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, tells The Associated Press that he's covered a tattoo on his chest to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago

5:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump

3:40 AM on Wednesday, October 22

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10:11 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration is preparing a “substantial pickup in Russia sanctions.”

9:06 PM on Tuesday, October 21

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump

9:21 AM on Tuesday, October 21

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 34 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South America

7:07 AM on Tuesday, October 21

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year