Politics & Government News

10:59 PM on Tuesday, December 2

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk

9:37 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Republican Matt Van Epps wins special election to U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District

8:40 PM on Tuesday, December 2

James Solomon is elected Jersey City mayor, thwarting ex-NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback

8:12 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed his signature crime legislation, his office announced Tuesday

7:45 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain voter data and other election information

6:15 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Protesters, journalists and faith leaders who sued over the aggressive tactics of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area are seeking to end their legal challenge

6:14 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies are dwindling in Congress

5:17 PM on Tuesday, December 2

An academic society says it has banned former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers from “attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating” at its events for life

3:52 PM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump announces National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans

3:05 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The Trump administration says it will withhold funds for administering SNAP food aid in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless they provide data about those receiving the assistance

2:58 PM on Tuesday, December 2

This year's U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is a 53-foot-tall red fir from the Carson Ranger District in Nevada

2:31 PM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump says he does not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States

2:13 PM on Tuesday, December 2

A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and assault charges

11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Salvador Nasralla of the conservative Liberal Party holds a slight lead over Nasry Asfura of the National Party with votes from about 62% of polling places counted

9:00 AM on Tuesday, December 2

The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump

8:48 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, citing the “fog of war” as reason for his not seeing any survivors in the water when the strike was ordered and launched

6:01 AM on Tuesday, December 2

A Democrat who served four years as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate bid is running for governor in the battleground state

5:10 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains

4:08 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Uncomfortable questions are being raised over who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades

12:11 AM on Tuesday, December 2

James Solomon has been elected mayor of Jersey City, thwarting former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s bid for a political comeback