Politics & Government News

5:05 PM on Friday, September 26

The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the U.S. government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines

4:52 PM on Friday, September 26

The Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race is defending her Navy service amid questions surrounding a cheating scandal during her time at the Naval Academy, and pushing back against the Trump administration’s release of her mostly unredacted military records

4:46 PM on Friday, September 26

The Supreme Court is extending an order that allows President Donald Trump's administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power

4:45 PM on Friday, September 26

Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, has died at 95

4:42 PM on Friday, September 26

Supreme Court keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions of dollars in foreign aid

4:29 PM on Friday, September 26

President Donald Trump's transportation department has been reversing grants for recreational trails and bicycle lanes

4:24 PM on Friday, September 26

Atlanta’s airport has forfeited $37.5 million in federal grants after refusing to disavow diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

4:03 PM on Friday, September 26

Just back from a congressional delegation trip to Ukraine, a senior Republican says he’s more optimistic that the country can succeed in the war with Russia

3:52 PM on Friday, September 26

President Donald Trump started Friday by warning that more of his enemies will face prosecution, shaking the foundations of the American justice system by treating it as a tool of political retribution

3:14 PM on Friday, September 26

Wisconsin business owner Bill Berrien has ended his Republican campaign for governor, days after it was reported that he followed numerous sexually explicit accounts online, including a nonbinary pornography performer

2:07 PM on Friday, September 26

The Department of Homeland Security says it is relieving an immigration officer from his current duties after he shoved a woman to the floor at an immigration court in Manhattan

2:02 PM on Friday, September 26

Over the last five months, Florida law enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a U.S. Border Patrol official announced Friday

1:22 PM on Friday, September 26

Federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at protesters near an immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago

1:06 PM on Friday, September 26

Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok

12:36 PM on Friday, September 26

The Washington attorney who brokered book deals for Barack Obama, George W. Bush and dozens of other government leaders has died at age 79

11:25 AM on Friday, September 26

For two weeks, Memphis has been bracing for an influx of National Guard troops after President Donald Trump announced his intention to deploy them to the city

1:19 AM on Friday, September 26

A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. alone

12:01 AM on Friday, September 26

President Donald Trump’s retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies has reached new heights as his Justice Department brings criminal charges against a longtime foe and he expands his efforts to classify certain liberal groups as “domestic terrorist organizations."

4:30 PM on Thursday, September 18

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show on Tuesday, just under a week after ABC pulled the host off the air indefinitely in the wake of criticism over his comments related the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month

1:40 PM on Thursday, September 18

President Donald Trump’s contentious relationship with U.S. news organizations over his time in office has led to a host of legal battles and disputes