Politics & Government News

2:53 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office seeks records tied to the 2020 election, officials say

2:51 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners

2:36 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a warning for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: Your comments against U.S. trade policy could backfire, especially at a time when the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is facing a formal review

2:31 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett will try Wednesday to access an ICE facility where the federal government has detained a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father who were in the U.S. awaiting asylum proceedings

2:18 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A 911 call shows that a Nicaraguan man who died at a Texas detention camp days after he was detained by immigration authorities in Minneapolis is suspected of dying by suicide

1:54 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The Trump administration has concluded that San Jose State University discriminated against women by letting a transgender athlete play on the women’s volleyball team

1:49 PM on Wednesday, January 28

1:43 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The United States will allow Venezuela to sell oil that's currently under American sanctions and use the proceeds to pay for basic government services

1:04 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Bruce Springsteen has released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement

12:56 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A Russian man has been convicted in a London court of beating a woman in a crime reported by the youngest son of U.S. President Donald Trump

12:33 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A partial government shutdown is looming at week’s end

12:13 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said

11:50 AM on Wednesday, January 28

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents

11:35 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Scuffles and shouting erupted during a joint session of Somalia’s parliament on Wednesday

11:01 AM on Wednesday, January 28

The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump

9:32 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Claiming to give every child “a shot at financial freedom,” President Donald Trump is unveiling the new Trump Accounts initiative, which gives $1,000 to every newborn if their parents open an account

7:50 AM on Wednesday, January 28

FBI agents are executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta

6:55 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy

3:30 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Iran has reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike

11:03 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro