Politics & Government News

6:57 PM on Friday, March 6

A Latino grocery owner in Minnesota says Kristi Noem’s ousting does not undo the damage from the federal immigration crackdown

6:23 PM on Friday, March 6

A Pakistani business owner who tried to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician has been convicted in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil

6:07 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed

6:02 PM on Friday, March 6

The Food and Drug Administration’s controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency

5:51 PM on Friday, March 6

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has lost her job after criticism over a flashy ad campaign tied to President Donald Trump’s deportation push

5:18 PM on Friday, March 6

The top Justice Department prosecutor in Miami is considering criminal investigations of Cuban government officials

5:13 PM on Friday, March 6

A gun-rights YouTuber in Texas who goes by the “AK Guy” on social media has a clear path to the GOP nomination for Congress after Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales ended his reelection campaign over revelations of an affair

4:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

3:54 PM on Friday, March 6

National Symphony Orchestra director Jean Davidson has left the Kennedy Center to lead the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles, as turmoil grows under President Donald Trump’s control

3:48 PM on Friday, March 6

Cuba is shutting down its embassy in Ecuador after Ecuador and ordered its diplomats out

3:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia’s races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking shape as candidates qualify and begin their sprint to the May 19 party primaries

3:34 PM on Friday, March 6

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast

2:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Tunisian authorities have detained pro‑Palestinian activists as an international group prepares a new flotilla aimed at bringing aid to Gaza

2:43 PM on Friday, March 6

Politicians, including President Trump, say corporate investors block families from buying homes

2:40 PM on Friday, March 6

Assisted by a glittering, pink soccer ball, Lionel Messi crossed yet another frontier with his visit to the White House

2:17 PM on Friday, March 6

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets

1:31 PM on Friday, March 6

Battery company SK laid off nearly 1,000 workers at a manufacturing plant in northeast of Atlanta on Friday amid changing consumer demand for EVs

8:38 AM on Friday, March 6

4:16 AM on Friday, March 6

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said after dissolving Parliament that a snap election should be held as soon as possible to avoid another prolonged political crisis in the Balkan country at a time of global turmoil

12:05 AM on Friday, March 6

From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader