Politics & Government News

2:36 PM on Monday, November 3

The Trump administration is initiating formal meetings with Native American tribes in the southwestern U.S. as it considers revoking a 20-year ban of oil and gas development across of hundreds of square miles of federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park

2:22 PM on Monday, November 3

At least 20 Turning Point chapters have been established at colleges, high schools and churches in Maine in the two months since its co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah

2:12 PM on Monday, November 3

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has filed papers to run for Florida governor

1:55 PM on Monday, November 3

Three hundred mayors have gathered in Rio de Janeiro to pledge coordinated climate action in their cities

1:45 PM on Monday, November 3

Data shows that one in four immigration arrests is happening in Texas

1:15 PM on Monday, November 3

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ruled out changes to her administration's security policies after the assassination of a mayor in the violent state of Michoacan

12:45 PM on Monday, November 3

A trial has begun for a former government attorney charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent

12:42 PM on Monday, November 3

House Speaker Lisa Demuth, the top Republican in Minnesota, hopes to win Donald Trump's endorsement in her bid to unseat Governor Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate

12:38 PM on Monday, November 3

12:17 PM on Monday, November 3

More than 20 Democrat-led states are challenging a new Trump administration rule designed to block nonprofit and government workers from a student loan cancellation program if federal officials conclude their employer has a “substantial illegal purpose.”

11:07 AM on Monday, November 3

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings required food aid program to continue

7:44 AM on Monday, November 3

President Donald Trump’s administration said that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running

6:18 AM on Monday, November 3

A major question hangs over the Supreme Court’s closely watched case on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs: Will the conservative majority hold the Republican president to the same exacting standards it used to limit his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden

5:04 AM on Monday, November 3

New York City’s mayoral candidates making a final push to get voters to the polls as the race to lead America’s biggest city nears its finale

4:03 AM on Monday, November 3

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is blaming foreigners for last week’s deadly protests following a disputed election in which two main opposition candidates were barred

3:04 AM on Monday, November 3

The leader of Spain's Valencia region has announced his resignation over his government's handling of last year's devastating flash floods

11:09 PM on Sunday, November 2

The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month

11:09 PM on Sunday, November 2

President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program in November after two federal judges required the payments to continue

11:02 PM on Sunday, November 2

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool

10:57 PM on Sunday, November 2

Hearings are taking place in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts