Politics & Government News

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

6:53 PM on Friday, September 5

Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30 day limit comes to an end

6:52 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump’s administration says it's looking at ways the federal government can assume operation of the 9/11 memorial in New York City

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

5:39 PM on Friday, September 5

Riot police in northern Serbia have fired tear gas at peaceful protesters demanding free elections and justice

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

5:16 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about what to call the military agency

4:48 PM on Friday, September 5

The Trump administration is set to allow a West African leader accused of flagrant corruption to travel to the United States for this month’s U.N. General Assembly and cities outside New York that he has previously been barred from visiting

3:57 PM on Friday, September 5

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States

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

2:23 PM on Friday, September 5

Two teenagers have been arrested on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation’s capital

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

12:51 PM on Friday, September 5

The attorneys general of California and Delaware have expressed serious concerns about the safety of OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens

10:00 AM on Friday, September 5

A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector

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