Politics & Government News

4:44 AM on Saturday, September 27

French authorities report that two women have died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K. on a makeshift boat carrying other migrants

12:24 AM on Saturday, September 27

Moldovans will head to the polls to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election fraught with claims of Russian interference

11:02 PM on Friday, September 26

As Congress confronts a possible government shutdown, it's also weighing the Trump administration's willingness to simply halt federal spending — even when it's against the law

11:01 PM on Friday, September 26

American soybean farmers are worried about where they're going to sell their crops and whether they'll lose money this year because China hasn't bought any for months

9:59 PM on Friday, September 26

9:29 PM on Friday, September 26

South Korea’s top diplomat says his boss has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula

8:23 PM on Friday, September 26

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown

7:59 PM on Friday, September 26

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its threats to pull sexual education funding for curricula mentioning diverse gender identities

7:20 PM on Friday, September 26

A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed election technology company Smartmatic by falsely claiming its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election

7:18 PM on Friday, September 26

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she will not call a special session to draw new Alabama Senate districts

6:30 PM on Friday, September 26

A 79-year-old man in Southern California has filed a $50 million claim against the federal government, alleging civil rights violations during an immigration raid

5:18 PM on Friday, September 26

President Donald Trump is planning big tariffs on pharmaceuticals, kitchen counters, bathroom vanities, upholstered furniture and heavy trucks

3:47 PM on Friday, September 26

Sara Jane Moore, who spent more than 30 years in prison for trying to shoot President Gerald Ford, has died

3:40 PM on Friday, September 26

Now that it’s secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, the Justice Department faces the significantly tougher task of building a case it can prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt

1:12 PM on Friday, September 26

A group of former national park superintendents is calling on the Trump administration to close the parks to visitors in case of a government shutdown

11:32 AM on Friday, September 26

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died

11:14 AM on Friday, September 26

The U.N. Security Council on has rejected a last-ditch effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

10:09 AM on Friday, September 26

The U.S. Transportation Department has tightened requirements for noncitizens to get commercial driver's licenses after fatal crashes that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers

7:56 AM on Friday, September 26

The Supreme Court has extended an order allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid

11:05 PM on Thursday, September 25

Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza