Politics & Government News

5:44 PM on Wednesday, January 14

An Oval Office ceremony meant to celebrate milk was overshadowed by President Donald Trump making news on other fronts

5:30 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote

4:19 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis says renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost taxpayers up to $125 million

4:02 PM on Wednesday, January 14

3:52 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Kent Syverud has been chosen as the next president of the University of Michigan

3:44 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat

2:56 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The head of a nonpartisan group supporting Georgia prosecutors says a new state law used by Donald Trump and others to seek attorney fees is likely unconstitutional

2:56 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Trump says he had 'great conversation' during his first known call with Venezuela's acting president Rodríguez

2:49 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A large-scale immigration crackdown by an influx of federal law enforcement officers is not the only way President Donald Trump's administration is putting pressure on Minnesota

2:21 PM on Wednesday, January 14

President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters

11:56 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The Trump administration has apologized in court for mistakenly deporting a Massachusetts college student, but still argued the error should not affect her case

11:07 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States

10:22 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Jeff Landry has embraced his role as President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, but the Republican governor of Louisiana says he hopes to connect with everyday islanders rather than with Danish diplomats

9:53 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump

8:29 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation

7:58 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration

7:36 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure

7:00 AM on Wednesday, January 14

SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say

6:03 AM on Wednesday, January 14

A federal judge is considering whether to set aside a Trump administration order pausing the construction of a major offshore project for New York

8:06 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California