Politics & Government News

9:02 PM on Friday, October 31

The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures

8:24 PM on Friday, October 31

7:20 PM on Friday, October 31

The chief of staff to President Javier Milei of Argentina has resigned, less than a week after the governing party won a new mandate to accelerate his program of radical reform in pivotal midterm elections

6:21 PM on Friday, October 31

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back against the Trump administration's investigation of cases that she brought against the president and National Rifle Association

4:30 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump is returning to “60 Minutes” for an interview for the first time after settling a lawsuit this summer over the newsmagazine's interview with rival Kamala Harris

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

1:01 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

10:47 AM on Friday, October 31

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ended under President Donald Trump

9:42 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster

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

6:11 AM on Friday, October 31

Tens of thousands of students and other opponents of Serbia's populist president are gathering in the city of Novi Sad

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

12:13 AM on Friday, October 31

The president of a Republican-aligned think tank has defended Tucker Carlson after the conservative media personality offered a platform to a far-right activist known for pushing white nationalist and antisemitic views