Politics & Government News

12:52 PM on Saturday, September 6

President Nicolás Maduro has vowed to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty amid rising tensions over U.S. warships in the Caribbean

10:02 AM on Saturday, September 6

A federal trial begins next week for a man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump as he played golf in Florida

8:13 AM on Saturday, September 6

Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware

7:29 AM on Saturday, September 6

Nigel Farage has made a bold pitch to his Reform UK party, echoing themes that helped Donald Trump rise to power

1:21 AM on Saturday, September 6

Tensions in Syria's Daraa province have forced Bedouin families to live in school classrooms

12:01 AM on Saturday, September 6

The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House

Saturday, September 6

8:53 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump hosted a dinner Friday night for members of Congress in the newly paved White House Rose Garden, telling them they were the first gathering of what he dubbed the “Rose Garden Club.”

8:34 PM on Friday, September 5

The U.S. Capitol Police have led a massive training exercise in Maryland to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies

7:44 PM on Friday, September 5

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence

6:49 PM on Friday, September 5

Confusion has emerged over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European countries along the border with Russia

5:44 PM on Friday, September 5

Democrats and Republicans are testing dueling playbooks in fall elections that will decide the leadership of Virginia and New Jersey — and perhaps a new direction for the parties heading into next year’s midterms

5:31 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will host next year’s Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida

3:54 PM on Friday, September 5

The widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults

3:01 PM on Friday, September 5

The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented

2:16 PM on Friday, September 5

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said again that he won’t end his reelection campaign

1:18 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

8:42 AM on Friday, September 5

According to a Homeland Security official, some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles

6:34 AM on Friday, September 5

U.S. immigration officials say some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles

11:00 AM on Monday, August 11