Politics & Government News

12:45 PM on Monday, November 17

12:42 PM on Monday, November 17

Hundreds of National Guard troops sent to Portland and Chicago are being sent home and those who will remain will not be on the streets

12:36 PM on Monday, November 17

A federal judge overseeing the criminal case of U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has told Trump administration attorneys to turn over authorities’ text messages from her chaotic visit to an immigration detention center in New Jersey that led to charges accusing her of assaulting officers

11:40 AM on Monday, November 17

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims

11:39 AM on Monday, November 17

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S. plan for Gaza, but a big question remains: Will Russia veto it

11:11 AM on Monday, November 17

The Louvre Museum is temporarily closing some employee offices and a public gallery due to structural fragility

11:05 AM on Monday, November 17

10:45 AM on Monday, November 17

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s estranged sister has publicly accused him of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance including corruption

10:44 AM on Monday, November 17

Nigeria says more schoolchildren have been abducted in the country’s volatile north

10:44 AM on Monday, November 17

Judge in Comey case raises alarm about 'disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps' by Justice Department

10:43 AM on Monday, November 17

The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein

10:00 AM on Monday, November 17

A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts

9:00 AM on Monday, November 17

U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city

7:20 AM on Monday, November 17

The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, pushing past a monthslong effort by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders to stymie the effort

5:31 AM on Monday, November 17

A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills

3:25 AM on Monday, November 17

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says an explosion on a railway line linking Warsaw to southeastern Poland was an "act of unprecedented sabotage."

12:39 AM on Monday, November 17

In Chile, a hard-right former lawmaker and admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump is leading in the presidential runoff

11:20 PM on Sunday, November 16

Jamaica, hit by a devastating hurricane last month, has joined other small island nations at the United Nations climate talks to urge immediate action on climate change

10:28 PM on Sunday, November 16

Japan's new conservative leader has stirred tensions with China, leading to a diplomatic rift

4:21 PM on Sunday, November 16

A new report finds that foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive