Politics & Government News

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11:07 PM on Tuesday, October 7

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

8:35 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Aftyn Behn wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special primary election

7:40 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Matt Van Epps wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special primary election

6:01 PM on Tuesday, October 7

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday

5:23 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement

4:57 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The government of Argentina’s President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that it would extradite an Argentine businessman to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges in the United States

4:28 PM on Tuesday, October 7

President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president’s authority and who controls the Guard

3:14 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Cameroon's 92-year-old president has held his first campaign rally for the election in which the world's oldest head of state is seeking his eighth term

10:07 AM on Tuesday, October 7

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois

9:33 AM on Tuesday, October 7

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House

4:13 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Peace talks between Israel and Hamas have resumed in Egypt

11:12 PM on Monday, October 6

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first

11:09 PM on Monday, October 6

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights

11:04 PM on Monday, October 6

Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly deflected questions while seeking to defend herself during a combative congressional hearing in the face of growing criticism that she's turning the law enforcement agency into a weapon to seek vengeance against President Donald Trump’s political opponents

11:01 PM on Monday, October 6

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, has won a crowded Republican primary in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer

11:01 PM on Monday, October 6

President Donald Trump predicts that Canadians will travel to the United States once again after a trade deal is reached

11:19 PM on Sunday, October 5

The fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California

12:26 PM on Friday, October 3

Federal officials have reported the arrests of 13 people protesting near an immigration facility outside Chicago