Politics & Government News

5:29 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Texas health regulators have told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year’s deadly floods that killed 27 girls

4:35 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it

4:25 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A federal judge has ruled that the abortion drug mifepristone can continue to be dispensed by mail to people with prescriptions, at least for now

4:20 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The president who yearned for a Nobel Peace Prize and once reveled in the appearance of solving conflicts has turned to the language of annihilation as he struggles to find a resolution to his war of choice in Iran

4:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

4:10 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Department of Homeland Security intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries

3:15 PM on Tuesday, April 7

President Donald Trump’s recent statements of intent about his administration’s plans for Iran have raised questions about international law

3:07 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has toured North Carolina areas devastated by Hurricane Helene in 2024

2:16 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Turkish lawmakers have kicked off a debate on a draft law package that includes restricting access to social media platforms for children under 15

2:10 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Justice Department’s new leader says “nobody” except President Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was replaced as attorney general last week

1:50 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is “truly unacceptable” and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law

1:28 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Tehran residents are rushing to stock up on bottled water and charge cellphones, flashlights and portable power banks as the hours tick down to Trump’s latest ultimatum for a deal in the war with Iran

11:36 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash

10:23 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman could lose his job Tuesday

8:46 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

2:49 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The British government has blocked the rapper formerly known as Kanye West from entering the U.K. as the controversy over his antisemitic statements led to calls for planned headline performances at a major music festival to be canceled

11:55 PM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a deadline he set for 8 p.m. Tuesday in Washington

11:20 PM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran fails to meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz

11:07 PM on Monday, April 6

Republican Clay Fuller faces Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

11:02 PM on Monday, April 6

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control