Politics & Government News

4:01 PM on Tuesday, October 28

After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive

2:14 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices across the country

1:59 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Tanzanians will vote Wednesday in an election that pits incumbent leader Samia Suluhu Hassan against opposition candidates from smaller parties after her main rivals were barred from running

1:51 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

1:47 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Federal judge indefinitely bars Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

1:30 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Vice President Vance says he believes US military will be paid Friday despite the shutdown, but does not specify how

1:30 PM on Tuesday, October 28

1:19 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A North Carolina man who told authorities he killed four of his children and that the bodies were in the trunk of a vehicle at his home has been charged with one murder count

12:52 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities

12:51 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Tunisian courts have ordered some of the country’s most prominent human rights organizations to halt activities, deepening concerns about the erosion of freedoms and shrinking space for groups that challenge those in power

12:21 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown

11:41 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Air traffic controllers are missing another paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns about financial stress affecting their work

11:33 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan for overhauling the state’s aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed

8:51 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean against four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor

8:44 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year

8:01 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Maine and Texas are the latest states where Republicans are pushing ballot initiatives targeting noncitizen voting, which is rare

11:20 PM on Monday, October 27

Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage

11:03 PM on Monday, October 27

A federal judge has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area

11:02 PM on Monday, October 27

Vice President JD Vance says that he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week as the Trump administration reconfigures funding in the second-longest government shutdown

9:46 PM on Monday, October 27

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet with her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area