Politics & Government News

6:57 AM on Saturday, August 23

12:50 AM on Saturday, August 23

Texas Legislature gives final approval to redrawn congressional map favoring GOP, sends to governor

11:02 PM on Friday, August 22

The world’s leading food authority says Gaza is experiencing famine

11:01 PM on Friday, August 22

The push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is shifting the dynamics of the state’s 2026 Senate campaign

8:32 PM on Friday, August 22

A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts

8:26 PM on Friday, August 22

Judge rules Trump cannot deny funding to Los Angeles, Chicago and 32 other cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies

7:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

5:51 PM on Friday, August 22

California's long-delayed high-speed rail project is slated to be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, according to a report released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority

5:41 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump was quick to declare “TOTAL VICTORY” after a New York appeals court threw out a civil fraud penalty that stood to cost him more than a half-billion dollars

5:32 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump visited a gift shop near the White House and stopped by the Kennedy Center on Friday, all while his federal takeover of Washington is keeping residents on edge

5:21 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration's decision to review the visas of more than 55 million people is leading to false reports on social media for the number of noncitizens living in the U.S., with claims as high as 70 million to 100 million people

4:35 PM on Friday, August 22

The Justice Department has released interview transcripts with Ghislaine Maxwell, where she speaks positively about Donald Trump, calling him a “gentleman in all respects.”

4:22 PM on Friday, August 22

A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss felony charges against two attorneys and a former aide to President Donald Trump who advised Trump in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that the Republican had won the battleground state that year

4:14 PM on Friday, August 22

The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional

4:09 PM on Friday, August 22

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights

4:09 PM on Friday, August 22

Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court