Politics & Government News

3:42 PM on Friday, January 16

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans

3:21 PM on Friday, January 16

The former mayor of a New Jersey town and its current leaders are denying claims that the town directed its police to keep minorities out of the community

3:12 PM on Friday, January 16

Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank

2:34 PM on Friday, January 16

A Southern California college student who says he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a protest says he no longer has depth perception and lost the ability to drive

1:35 PM on Friday, January 16

Gov. Gavin Newsom is intensifying efforts to hold California cities and counties accountable for homelessness funding

1:28 PM on Friday, January 16

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would like to keep his top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, at the White House rather than potentially nominate him to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve

1:15 PM on Friday, January 16

Social media users are falsely claiming that Enrique Tarrio, a former Proud Boys leader, is working as an officer for the federal agency

1:03 PM on Friday, January 16

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro

12:24 PM on Friday, January 16

President Donald Trump is thanking Iran for not following through on executions of more than 800 political prisoners

12:22 PM on Friday, January 16

A flight with 231 Venezuelan migrants deported from Phoenix has arrived in Caracas

12:21 PM on Friday, January 16

Trump says 'I greatly respect' that Iran leaders halted hangings, days after he warned of action over protest crackdown

11:45 AM on Friday, January 16

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

11:44 AM on Friday, January 16

President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said

11:40 AM on Friday, January 16

Trump plans to pardon ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez on campaign finance violation charge, White House official says

11:06 AM on Friday, January 16

7:01 AM on Friday, January 16

A plan to slash Food and Drug Administration drug review times is raising alarms at the public health agency that's been rocked by recent layoffs and resignations

2:14 AM on Friday, January 16

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election

11:33 PM on Thursday, January 15

Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products

11:16 PM on Thursday, January 15

Venezuelans in Spain are closely watching events back home with mixed emotions

6:14 AM on Thursday, January 15

Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks