Politics & Government News

8:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing

7:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Fights over which agencies will be involved in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis are roiling as calls for a thorough investigation and accountability mount

7:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

6:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela

6:11 PM on Thursday, January 8

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy

5:50 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack

5:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

Vice President JD Vance is blaming a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed

3:58 PM on Thursday, January 8

Colorado’s attorney general is accusing the Trump administration of waging a “revenge campaign” against the state

3:05 PM on Thursday, January 8

The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body

2:49 PM on Thursday, January 8

This week's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an immigration agent had grim echoes in Minnesota

2:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

11:59 AM on Thursday, January 8

A judge has disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James

9:43 AM on Thursday, January 8

A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high

9:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela

8:46 AM on Thursday, January 8

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

8:22 AM on Thursday, January 8

The White House says structural issues and decay had made it unfeasible to save the East Wing

2:13 AM on Thursday, January 8

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento

12:24 AM on Thursday, January 8

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old

12:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028

4:00 AM on Monday, January 5

Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests