Politics & Government News

7:07 PM on Thursday, July 30

Representatives from the Trail Blazers met with Portland city councilors to discuss a new lease and the commitment of public funds to renovate the aging Moda Center

5:17 PM on Thursday, July 30

Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism that the city was slow to release key information about a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend

5:00 PM on Thursday, July 30

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4:47 PM on Thursday, July 30

Voter registration has started in Haiti’s capital and beyond, marking a critical milestone in the push for general elections even as concerns over widespread gang violence persist

4:02 PM on Thursday, July 30

The New Mexico attorney general is asking a judge to prevent the state child welfare agency from removing children from the U.S., absent a court order

2:17 PM on Thursday, July 30

Americans outside the nation’s capital will soon be able to get limited-edition U.S. passports that feature a picture of President Donald Trump and celebrate America’s 250th birthday

1:36 PM on Thursday, July 30

Mandela Barnes has dropped out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor

1:35 PM on Thursday, July 30

Argentine President Javier Milei has signed an emergency decree allowing the government to deny entry to or expel foreigners who incite discrimination or violence against Argentines

1:25 PM on Thursday, July 30

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond

11:56 AM on Thursday, July 30

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is interested in joining a new security initiative for Lebanon

11:20 AM on Thursday, July 30

Palestinian authorities have asked the Supreme Court to halt a $656 million judgment in favor of Americans killed or wounded by attacks in Israel

10:29 AM on Thursday, July 30

President Donald Trump says he may withdraw and delay Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general until Republican senators who are seeking concessions from the top prosecutor leave office

9:40 AM on Thursday, July 30

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cleared a hurdle in the Senate

7:34 AM on Thursday, July 30

President Donald Trump says he may pull Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general until Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis leave office

7:08 AM on Thursday, July 30

6:31 AM on Thursday, July 30

Malaysia has started documenting and screening detained Myanmar nationals as part of a repatriation program

1:17 AM on Thursday, July 30

The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son

11:09 PM on Wednesday, July 29

The National Urban League's latest “State of Black America” report warns that the American Dream may be slipping away for many Black Americans

6:37 AM on Sunday, July 26

Former Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress