Politics & Government News

5:53 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The House gave approval to legislation aimed at loosening water efficiency regulations for showerheads

5:36 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in the country illegally

5:09 PM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1

4:54 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Justice Department official says there's 'currently no basis' for criminal civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting

4:14 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Justice Department officials have accused a federal judge of abusing his power in demanding that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. Attorney in Virginia despite another judge’s ruling that she was illegally appointed

4:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Louisiana is pushing to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, challenging laws that protect telehealth providers shipping these pills nationwide

4:02 PM on Tuesday, January 13

An official who served in the administration of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

3:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Residents and local officials in northern Mali say a ferry boat trying to land at a Niger River town in the Timbuktu region hit stones and sank in an accident that left dozens of people dead

3:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft

3:11 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars

2:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Costa Rican security officials have reported an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves

2:08 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Avery’s Law aims to strengthen Ohio's response to dangerous dogs

12:25 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, according to a court petition seeking his release

11:50 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants

11:27 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring

11:05 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules

9:00 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns

7:30 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them

7:14 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island

11:02 PM on Monday, January 12

President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices