Politics & Government News

8:37 PM on Friday, January 9

New York’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration for halting two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes

7:49 PM on Friday, January 9

7:40 PM on Friday, January 9

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day

6:03 PM on Friday, January 9

Judge stops the Trump administration’s freeze on child care and other social service funding for 5 states for now

4:56 PM on Friday, January 9

President Donald Trump is showing off a lapel pin he says is called "Happy Trump," featuring a cartoonish version of himself

4:51 PM on Friday, January 9

In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren’t supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern

4:49 PM on Friday, January 9

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

4:44 PM on Friday, January 9

The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government “to save and restore the American family,” kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues

4:40 PM on Friday, January 9

Wounded veterans cycled along the Overseas Highway, including the Seven Mile Bridge, as part of the annual Florida Keys Soldier Ride

3:32 PM on Friday, January 9

Opening statements began Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford students who overtook a university building during 2024 pro-Palestine protests

3:27 PM on Friday, January 9

President Donald Trump gathered House Republicans this week at Washington’s Kennedy Center for a pep rally that kicked off the year

3:09 PM on Friday, January 9

The wife of the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis says the couple had stopped their car to support their neighbors and they had whistles, while the masked agents had guns

2:29 PM on Friday, January 9

A federal judge is expected to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered legal protections for more than 10,000 relatives of citizens and green card holders

12:09 PM on Friday, January 9

The United States and Venezuela are exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations

8:39 AM on Friday, January 9

President Donald Trump is calling on oil executives to rush to invest in Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100 billion in private funding to revive the country's ability to fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum

8:30 AM on Friday, January 9

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has asked the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office

7:39 AM on Friday, January 9

7:27 AM on Friday, January 9

Italy has provided crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations

7:19 AM on Friday, January 9

U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea

11:03 PM on Thursday, January 8

Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down