Politics & Government News

7:22 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats have sued to block President Donald Trump's latest executive order restricting mail voting

7:19 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the war against Iran, delivered Wednesday, April 1, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press

5:15 PM on Wednesday, April 1

5:10 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Mexico's president has appointed Roberto Velasco as the new foreign minister during a critical time for Mexico-U.S. relations

3:58 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office

2:03 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A man who helped stage a cross burning he says was intended to help elect the first Black mayor of Colorado Springs was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison

1:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The criminal trial of a former congressman is offering a glimpse into the prehistory of the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

1:34 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

1:12 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status

1:02 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The first foreign troop tied to a new gang-suppression force backed by the United Nations has arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence

12:42 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned Armenia, which hopes to eventually join the European Union, that it won’t be able to be part of both the EU and a Moscow-led economic alliance

12:10 PM on Wednesday, April 1

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and try to end a record partial government shutdown

12:06 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide

12:02 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Some federal and state officials are talking about reducing fuel taxes to ease the burden of high gas prices caused by the war in Iran

11:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president

11:23 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says his office has persuaded a securities firm to return $6.7 million to investors

6:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war

9:07 PM on Tuesday, March 31

TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on

9:03 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom

9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon