Politics & Government News

9:03 PM on Monday, January 5

A congressional ethics watchdog says there's substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an intern and that she didn't perform proper work

8:26 PM on Monday, January 5

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has filed paperwork to run for governor

7:04 PM on Monday, January 5

New Haven's police chief has abruptly retired following allegations he stole money from a department account

7:03 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro

6:59 PM on Monday, January 5

Provisional election results show Central Africa Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term

6:47 PM on Monday, January 5

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife

6:07 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in a closely watched Republican primary campaign in Kentucky

5:09 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress

4:50 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump has again raised the idea of acting against Mexican drug cartels, but Mexico and analysts doubt unilateral U.S. military action

4:12 PM on Monday, January 5

It's California Gov. Gavin Newsom's last year in office, and his final chance to make progress on some of the lofty goals he set when he ran for governor in 2018 as he considers a run for president in 2028

3:48 PM on Monday, January 5

The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.”

2:54 PM on Monday, January 5

A federal judge has reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped land convictions of the former state House speaker and his onetime aide

1:51 PM on Monday, January 5

Cubans have lowered flags to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela

12:46 PM on Monday, January 5

Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro

11:29 AM on Monday, January 5

Allies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro

8:10 AM on Monday, January 5

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud investigation into child care programs in the state and its Somali community

7:14 AM on Monday, January 5

Top officials from President Donald Trump's administration have briefed congressional leaders on the U.S. government’s plans for the future of Venezuela

6:20 AM on Monday, January 5

Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found

4:27 AM on Monday, January 5

An Indonesian court has opened the trial of a co-founder of the country's ride-hailing and payments company Gojek

1:59 AM on Monday, January 5

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he is pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges