Politics & Government News

8:04 PM on Monday, January 5

New Haven's police chief has abruptly retired following allegations he stole money from a department account

8:03 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro

7:59 PM on Monday, January 5

Provisional election results show Central Africa Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term

7:47 PM on Monday, January 5

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife

6:09 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress

5:50 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump has again raised the idea of acting against Mexican drug cartels, but Mexico and analysts doubt unilateral U.S. military action

5:12 PM on Monday, January 5

It's California Gov. Gavin Newsom's last year in office, and his final chance to make progress on some of the lofty goals he set when he ran for governor in 2018 as he considers a run for president in 2028

4:48 PM on Monday, January 5

The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.”

4:31 PM on Monday, January 5

Misrepresented and fabricated images of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have spread widely on social media since his capture over the weekend

4:15 PM on Monday, January 5

4:04 PM on Monday, January 5

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system

3:54 PM on Monday, January 5

A federal judge has reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped land convictions of the former state House speaker and his onetime aide

3:43 PM on Monday, January 5

3:33 PM on Monday, January 5

Nearly three-dozen residents of Michigan nursing homes have died of suspected neglect or abuse in the past four years, according to a Bridge Michigan review of state and federal records and court documents

3:17 PM on Monday, January 5

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's directors voted the organization out of business Monday

2:51 PM on Monday, January 5

Cubans have lowered flags to mourn 32 officers who died in the weekend strike against the president of Venezuela

2:15 PM on Monday, January 5

Delcy Rodríguez, who served as Maduro’s vice president, is sworn in as interim president of Venezuela

10:02 AM on Monday, January 5

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s censuring Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

5:27 AM on Monday, January 5

An Indonesian court has opened the trial of a co-founder of the country's ride-hailing and payments company Gojek

4:13 PM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Trump administration is planning to tighten rules going forward on a child care program after allegations of fraud at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents