Politics & Government News

5:31 PM on Thursday, November 13

A former top aide to California’s Gavin Newsom was arrested and indicted on federal corruption charges this week

5:26 PM on Thursday, November 13

Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequality

4:35 PM on Thursday, November 13

Some of the more than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site in Georgia have returned to their U.S. jobs two months later

4:03 PM on Thursday, November 13

British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump

3:48 PM on Thursday, November 13

3:45 PM on Thursday, November 13

BBC apologizes to U.S. President Donald Trump over misleading edit, but says there is no basis for his defamation claim

3:06 PM on Thursday, November 13

First lady Melania Trump is leading a new initiative to improve career and education opportunities for children raised in foster care

3:00 PM on Thursday, November 13

2:47 PM on Thursday, November 13

Students in Florida’s public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era

2:43 PM on Thursday, November 13

Immigration agents expected in Charlotte as soon as Saturday to start enforcement operation, North Carolina sheriff says

2:31 PM on Thursday, November 13

A U.S. proposal to provide a United Nations mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza is facing opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries

2:28 PM on Thursday, November 13

The United Nations says the return of millions of Afghan nationals is putting extreme pressure on struggling communities

2:27 PM on Thursday, November 13

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman had what his office says was a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an early morning walk

2:22 PM on Thursday, November 13

President Donald Trump's administration is designating four left-wing European networks as terrorist organizations

2:22 PM on Thursday, November 13

Syria’s foreign minister has reopened the country’s embassy in London after more than a decade

1:54 PM on Thursday, November 13

The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026

11:53 AM on Thursday, November 13

State officials are working to restore full SNAP benefits to millions of people after the long U.S. government shutdown has finally ended

10:47 AM on Thursday, November 13

A federal judge has denied Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver’s motions to toss out a federal prosecution against her stemming from a visit to an immigration detention center this year

7:12 AM on Thursday, November 13

Federal workers are expressing relief and frustration as the longest government shutdown has come to an end

5:45 AM on Thursday, November 13

European Union officials are warning Ukraine that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the country’s ability to attract financial help