Politics & Government News

4:43 PM on Wednesday, September 17

During his first term, President Donald Trump enacted immigration policies aimed at a group normally safe from scrutiny: immigrant service members

4:38 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Advocates say hospitals sometimes repatriate uninsured noncitizen patients without full consent or a court order — referring to the practice as “medical deportation.”

4:29 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of detaining and deporting criminal immigrants – those he has called terrorists, drug dealers and gang members

4:13 PM on Wednesday, September 17

New York City’s mayor has thrown his support behind a proposal to end the horse-drawn carriages that have been fixtures in Central Park for more than 150 years, citing safety concerns

4:04 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

3:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

FBI Director Kash Patel has defended the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as he returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to face intense questioning from Democrats over his promises of transparency surrounding the convicted wealthy financier’s case

3:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Republican leaders in the House and Senate are rejecting Democratic demands for health care subsidies in a bill to avoid a government shutdown

2:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be considered an attack on both

2:18 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Nigeria’s president has lifted emergency rule in Rivers State and reinstated the local governor and lawmakers

1:42 PM on Wednesday, September 17

11:41 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

10:44 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry

9:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

7:19 AM on Wednesday, September 17

4:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his visit to Windsor Castle

12:22 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged with killing with Charlie Kirk, was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to surrender as long as it was done peacefully, a sheriff involved with taking him into custody said Wednesday

11:13 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Mike Waltz almost certainly will not make his debut as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a gathering of world leaders next week

11:09 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are designed to incite violence

11:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is relishing a day filled with British royal pageantry with King Charles III

5:11 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market