Politics & Government News

7:32 PM on Monday, January 12

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, have moved into the official mayoral residence in Manhattan, leaving behind their leaky one-bedroom apartment in Queens

7:00 PM on Monday, January 12

6:30 PM on Monday, January 12

President Donald Trump has arrived at a delicate moment as he weighs whether to order a U.S. military response against the Iranian government over its crackdown on protests

6:17 PM on Monday, January 12

6:16 PM on Monday, January 12

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace

4:25 PM on Monday, January 12

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election

4:00 PM on Monday, January 12

Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States

3:08 PM on Monday, January 12

“PBS News Weekend,” the companion to the weekday “NewsHour” program, has signed off, eliminated due to federal funding cuts to public broadcasting

2:45 PM on Monday, January 12

Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November

2:25 PM on Monday, January 12

The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer

1:09 PM on Monday, January 12

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has sued the Pentagon over attempts to punish him for his warnings about illegal orders

10:03 AM on Monday, January 12

London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday

9:42 AM on Monday, January 12

A man accused of steering a U-Haul truck toward a Los Angeles demonstration over the weekend in support of Iran’s protests has been released

8:29 AM on Monday, January 12

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government

8:14 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland are straining relations with NATO allies

7:21 AM on Monday, January 12

Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the federal government to stop surge by federal immigration authorities

4:24 AM on Monday, January 12

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland

12:38 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters

12:02 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators

1:48 AM on Friday, January 9

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency