Politics & Government News

1:30 AM on Thursday, March 26

Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown

12:45 AM on Thursday, March 26

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond

12:11 AM on Thursday, March 26

New U.S. Census Bureau population estimates show that U.S. growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 26

A growing faction of concerned citizens across America's suburbs are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 26

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses

12:02 AM on Thursday, March 26

Louisiana officials warn that the state's $300 million crawfish industry faces dire economic consequences because of a shortage of temporary seasonal workers via the H-2B visa program

12:01 AM on Thursday, March 26

The California state Senate is expected to pass a bill to erase César Chavez’s name from a state holiday following sexual abuse allegations

12:01 AM on Thursday, March 26

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is due in court as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees

8:14 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that former President Raúl Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States

7:33 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport shows how the partial government shutdown is straining air travel as TSA workers miss shifts without pay

7:17 PM on Wednesday, March 25

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Belarus recently revealed how he used vulgarity and vodka shots to help ingratiate himself with the country’s autocratic leader

6:19 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal judge to force the Kennedy Center to block and reverse efforts to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue

5:24 PM on Wednesday, March 25

FEMA is reopening applications for its major resilience grant program after a judge ordered the program restored

5:09 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned

4:38 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Republicans face growing political trouble ahead of November's midterm elections as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high and voters worry about living costs

12:56 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district

12:39 PM on Wednesday, March 25

The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on as travelers are experiencing record waiting times

8:56 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The NAACP has named Kristen Clarke, a former Biden Justice Department official, as its next general counsel

4:58 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in North Korea’s capital on Wednesday, where he is to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

12:28 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Iran dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries