Politics & Government News

8:16 PM on Thursday, September 4

Ruth Paine, whose kindness to Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife as a young mother near Dallas would leave her inexorably linked to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died

7:19 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration has decided to abandon a Biden-era plan that would have required airlines to pay cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for stranded passengers when airlines cause flight cancellations or changes

7:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

Gabriel Sterling, known for defending Georgia's 2020 election results, is running for the state's secretary of state

7:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

6:55 PM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

6:52 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration has sued the city of Boston and its leaders, aiming to invalidate policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement

6:51 PM on Thursday, September 4

6:43 PM on Thursday, September 4

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants

6:30 PM on Thursday, September 4

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's strategy of managing a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump may be running up against wider regional tensions and a lack of willingness by the Trump administration to make concessions

6:03 PM on Thursday, September 4

New Mexico’s governor is calling state lawmakers to a special legislative session in response to cuts to federal safety net programs enacted by President Donald Trump

5:42 PM on Thursday, September 4

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions

4:48 PM on Thursday, September 4

Ten Alaska residents pleaded not guilty to voter misconduct or other charges

4:29 PM on Thursday, September 4

Some Missouri residents are denouncing a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts at the urging of President Donald Trump

4:08 PM on Thursday, September 4

Leaders of a Chicago suburb that houses a federal immigration processing center say they were told that the Trump administration's promised immigration enforcement surge will run for about six weeks

2:20 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Justice Department has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, who is fighting a Trump administration effort to remove her from her role as a Federal Reserve governor

11:05 AM on Thursday, September 4

The District of Columbia is challenging President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Washington

10:56 AM on Thursday, September 4

Republican lawmakers in Congress are moving to eliminate limits on energy development in several Western states

9:00 AM on Thursday, September 4

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

4:18 AM on Thursday, September 4

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have pledged mutual support and enhanced cooperation during talks in Beijing

12:02 AM on Thursday, September 4

A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judge’s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”