Politics & Government News

8:01 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control

6:31 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The University of Alabama has suspended the publication of two student-run magazines — one primarily focused on Black students and another on women’s issues — citing federal guidance against diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses

6:26 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Mexico’s Senate has selected Ernestina Godoy, a longtime legal adviser to President Claudia Sheinbaum, as the new attorney general

6:00 PM on Wednesday, December 3

In heavily Democratic California, one prominent Republican U.S. House member is considering an audacious maneuver — moving to Texas to run for Congress

5:42 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region

4:49 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Attorney General Tim Griffin has asked a judge to send Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home operator pardoned by President Trump, to an Arkansas prison for Medicaid fraud and tax evasion

4:46 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Trump aides to meet with top Ukrainian negotiator Thursday in Miami for more Russia-Ukraine peace talks, AP source says

4:37 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024

4:05 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax

4:02 PM on Wednesday, December 3

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office

2:47 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump's administration says it will withhold money to help manage SNAP food aid from states that don't give the federal government information on individual recipients

12:21 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump has announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry

12:06 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve’s regional bank presidents live in their districts for at least three years before taking office, a move that could give the White House more power over the independent agency

10:46 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas is thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case

8:47 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new immigration crackdown in New Orleans

7:04 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The scrutiny over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon has been a long time coming on Capitol Hill

6:23 AM on Wednesday, December 3

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees

4:24 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Ukraine and its European allies have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough

12:06 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Britain’s King Charles III and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier put on a show of Anglo-Saxon unity Wednesday as their countries expand cooperation to fend off threats to European security, combat climate change and bolster economic growth

12:02 AM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump and his top officials have recently criticized Minnesota's Somali community, drawing attention to immigrants from the war-torn East African country