Politics & Government News

2:44 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Florida officials have been accused of failing to disclose their application for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

2:28 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Trump says he wants back dead hostages held in Gaza and warns Hamas if 'they don't disarm, we will disarm them'

2:01 PM on Tuesday, October 14

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Trump says US has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6 people

1:25 PM on Tuesday, October 14

NATO defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine

1:12 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the July flooding that killed more than 130 people, including 25 young girls and two teenage counselors at Camp Mystic

1:05 PM on Tuesday, October 14

A federal judge in Rhode Island has accused the Trump administration of trying to “bully” states into accepting conditions that require them to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get disaster funding after he ruled those actions were unconstitutional

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A senior official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s presence at a high-level summit in Egypt

12:18 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro says political violence discourages people from running for office, urges more accountability

12:15 PM on Tuesday, October 14

California will become the first state in the nation to require restaurants to disclose major food allergens on their menus starting in 2026

11:51 AM on Tuesday, October 14

Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton

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Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control

7:08 AM on Tuesday, October 14

The New England governor who told President Donald Trump to his face she'd see him in court now plans to challenge Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins at the ballot box

6:58 AM on Tuesday, October 14

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says he will suspend a much-debated plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64

4:45 AM on Tuesday, October 14

Cameroon's opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary has claimed victory in the Oct. 12 presidential election ahead of the release of official results

4:42 PM on Friday, October 10

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might target the Chicago Marathon