Politics & Government News

8:38 PM on Monday, December 22

A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks

7:18 PM on Monday, December 22

Bolivian miners have marched in downtown La Paz, the country’s capital, and union-organized protesters took to the streets elsewhere on the first day of a strike over the government’s scrapping of fuel subsidies that have been blamed for contributing to dollar shortages and economic turmoil

6:51 PM on Monday, December 22

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation is calling out Colorado for its slow response to what he describes as major violations of federal commercial driver’s license regulations

6:08 PM on Monday, December 22

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that financier Mark Wiseman will be Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations regarding the review of their free trade agreement

6:01 PM on Monday, December 22

Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays

5:57 PM on Monday, December 22

5:47 PM on Monday, December 22

Colombia says it will use drones to resume spraying of coca crops with a weed killer as authorities grapple with record levels of cocaine production that have fueled tensions with the Trump administration

5:45 PM on Monday, December 22

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4:38 PM on Monday, December 22

A coalition of 21 attorneys general from Democratic-led states has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director, Russell Vought

4:32 PM on Monday, December 22

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries

3:45 PM on Monday, December 22

President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.”

3:14 PM on Monday, December 22

Four Illinois members of Congress have been allowed into a suburban Chicago immigration processing center that’s been at the forefront of an immigration crackdown

2:16 PM on Monday, December 22

Brown University has placed its campus police chief on leave as it reviews security policies following a tragic shooting

12:18 PM on Monday, December 22

President Donald Trump has delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

11:31 AM on Monday, December 22

A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence

10:16 AM on Monday, December 22

The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon

10:11 AM on Monday, December 22

U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv's demands, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

9:15 AM on Monday, December 22

Clashes have erupted between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters in the city of Aleppo

3:50 AM on Monday, December 22

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory