Politics & Government News

12:40 PM on Thursday, September 25

A new report from Portland State University found that budget cuts under President Donald Trump's new spending bill threaten nearly half of federal funding allocated to Native American and Alaska Native nations last year

12:40 PM on Thursday, September 25

The U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states, saying the states refused to turn over their voter registration lists

12:37 PM on Thursday, September 25

One of Haiti’s leaders is asking for the world to help his troubled Caribbean country fight what he has characterized as a war against relentless gang violence and widespread hunger

12:17 PM on Thursday, September 25

The Trump administration has pitched several other countries on its view that the global asylum system has been rampantly abused and urged them to join the United States in cracking down on such migration

11:56 AM on Thursday, September 25

Dallas ICE shooter hated the US government and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents, officials say

11:37 AM on Thursday, September 25

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11:19 AM on Thursday, September 25

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has told a group of American business executives that the U.S. and his country need “to work in the same direction” to further what he called the most important bilateral relationship in the world

10:34 AM on Thursday, September 25

The leader of Moldova’s pro-European ruling party is blunt about the stakes in Sunday’s tense parliamentary election: a continued path toward the European Union or a country brought back under Russia’s orbit

9:53 AM on Thursday, September 25

President Donald Trump's administration has extended Georgia's Pathways to Coverage program for 15 months

9:41 AM on Thursday, September 25

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations this week, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies

9:18 AM on Thursday, September 25

Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and other former top economic officials appointed by presidents of both parties are urging the Supreme Court to preserve the Federal Reserve’s political independence and allow Lisa Cook to remain as a central bank governor for now

7:29 AM on Thursday, September 25

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it will stop scheduling patients for abortions starting next week as it works to provide the service in the face of Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill

6:57 AM on Thursday, September 25

The Palestinian president is speaking over video to world leaders after the United States revoked his visa

5:28 AM on Thursday, September 25

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military’s top officers to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter

11:25 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Drones have flown over four Danish airports overnight, the latest instance of unexplained drone activity that has raised concerns about security in northern Europe amid growing Russian aggression

9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas hated the U.S. government and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents

9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has enlisted help from a key ally, Sen. Rand Paul, as he tries to fend off President Donald Trump’s threats to oust him from Congress

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 24

President Donald Trump has held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House and he's indicating the U.S. might soon lift its hold on advanced fighter jet sales to the NATO ally

1:20 PM on Wednesday, September 24

President Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame to the White House, featuring portraits of previous commanders-in-chief — except for one