Politics & Government News

5:42 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is in a Virginia detention center and facing deportation to Uganda

5:30 PM on Tuesday, August 26

4:52 PM on Tuesday, August 26

West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead has died

4:21 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order challenging a 1989 Supreme Court decision that protects flag burning as free speech

3:45 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Activists have raised concerns about the health of Belarusian journalist Aleh Suprunyuk, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison

3:38 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump, the NFL and scores of stars in the entertainment and sports worlds have reacted to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement

3:38 PM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities

3:20 PM on Tuesday, August 26

A plan to restructure over $9 billion in debt for Puerto Rico's power company has hit a big snag

3:17 PM on Tuesday, August 26

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:05 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Final election numbers show that Bolivian voters practically threw the long-governing party out of Congress in elections earlier this month

2:57 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's attempt to continue a legal battle involving an ex-aide's sexual harassment claim has been rejected by a judge

2:39 PM on Tuesday, August 26

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other top Democrats are warning President Donald Trump to stay out of the cities they run

2:18 PM on Tuesday, August 26

An Orthodox archbishop who exchanged friendly greetings and gifts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska is apologizing to “those who have experienced pain, suffering, or confusion" because of his actions

2:04 PM on Tuesday, August 26

11:01 AM on Tuesday, August 26

A federal appeals court says it's unconstitutional for Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn’t write an accurate date on the return envelope

10:41 AM on Tuesday, August 26

The White House says a judge's decision to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws

8:39 AM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump's announcement that he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has rattled financial markets worldwide

3:27 AM on Tuesday, August 26

A diplomat says that representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on how to avoid the move, just days ahead of a deadline

2:29 PM on Monday, August 25

The University of Florida has selected an interim president after their last choice was rejected by the state Board of Governors that oversees the university system

2:20 PM on Thursday, August 21