Politics & Government News

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Police say a man faces murder charges after a marijuana deal inside a South Carolina State University dorm ended with two people dead in a shooting

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Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics

4:04 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Stephen Colbert’s comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about how media outlets treat political coverage

2:34 PM on Tuesday, February 17

New Jersey’s acting attorney general won't ask the state Supreme Court to review the dismissal of racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E

2:26 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Peru's Congress votes to remove interim President José Jerí as prosecutors look into corruption allegations against him

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The White House has picked longtime Las Vegas defense lawyer George Kelesis as its nominee for U.S. attorney in Nevada

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it

1:36 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Democrats’ top priority as the 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature gets underway is reining in the power of federal law enforcement to conduct immigration crackdowns

1:30 PM on Tuesday, February 17

The Trump administration has backed Kalshi and Polymarket in a court fight over whether prediction markets constitute gambling

1:02 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Authorities in Georgia say a Guatemalan driver fleeing a Georgia traffic stop by federal immigration officers crashed into another vehicle, killing a teacher who was headed to work

12:45 PM on Tuesday, February 17

A federal judge has ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the U.S. government has no viable plan for deporting him

12:01 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks

11:02 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and political divisions

9:29 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L

9:25 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L