Politics & Government News

10:23 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a “violent campaign” to influence U.S. policy

10:07 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Legal advocates are asking a judge to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging unaccompanied immigrant children to voluntarily deport themselves

8:26 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

7:29 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A magistrate judge has barred federal authorities from conducting an unsupervised, wholesale search of electronic devices that they seized from a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home while investigating allegations that a Pentagon contractor illegally leaked classified information to the journalist

7:09 PM on Tuesday, February 24

If politicians write memoirs to generate online buzz and headlines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting plenty of both - favorable and not

6:02 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A federal appeals court is allowing the IRS to keep sharing some taxpayer data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

4:58 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024

4:53 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Venezuela’s National Assembly says thousands of people have regained freedom under a new amnesty law

4:40 PM on Tuesday, February 24

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine recommendations for children

4:21 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem plans to offer consular services for the first time at an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank

4:18 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits

4:18 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan

4:02 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history

3:53 PM on Tuesday, February 24

3:36 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The CIA is offering help to potential informants in Iran as President Donald Trump mulls possible military action

3:28 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East

2:33 PM on Tuesday, February 24

2:25 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Caribbean leaders are gathering in St. Kitts and Nevis

1:56 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said he is facing a Russian criminal investigation on charges of “aiding terrorism.”

1:54 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Influential British politician Peter Mandelson is under investigation for alleged misconduct in public office linked to his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein