Politics & Government News

10:24 AM on Monday, February 2

Planned Parenthood has dropped its legal challenge against the Trump administration's decision to cut off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers

10:02 AM on Monday, February 2

A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador

9:54 AM on Monday, February 2

9:45 AM on Monday, February 2

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House

8:13 AM on Monday, February 2

A landslide last week collapsed tunnels at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead

7:31 AM on Monday, February 2

7:20 AM on Monday, February 2

Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump

7:05 AM on Monday, February 2

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China

6:00 AM on Monday, February 2

5:02 AM on Monday, February 2

Activists have filed two impeachment complaints against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, accusing her of large-scale corruption

5:00 AM on Monday, February 2

1:39 AM on Monday, February 2

Iran says it summoned all EU ambassadors in country to protest bloc listing Revolutionary Guard as a terror group

11:51 PM on Sunday, February 1

Ethiopia’s Oromia is the country’s biggest state, with 35% of the population and home to the capital, Addis Ababa

11:08 PM on Sunday, February 1

Thirty days after the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains in turmoil

8:26 PM on Sunday, February 1

Hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth and final time, Trevor Noah went easy on politics at first but drew the presiden's ire with a joke later in the show

5:47 PM on Sunday, February 1

President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction

4:29 PM on Sunday, February 1

Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns

4:07 PM on Sunday, February 1

The Republican National Committee vastly outpaced Democrats in 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission

10:20 AM on Sunday, February 1

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to Minnesota after being released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

6:04 PM on Saturday, January 31

Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein