Politics & Government News

6:08 PM on Monday, December 8

Bruce Blakeman, a Republican county official in New York City’s Long Island suburbs, is expected to launch a campaign for New York governor on Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of his plans

6:00 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump has linked his administration’s immigration crackdown on Minnesota’s Somali community to fraud cases involving government programs

5:54 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside

5:20 PM on Monday, December 8

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens face only one more chance to enter baseball's Hall of Fame under current rules

4:38 PM on Monday, December 8

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year

4:35 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump won't be getting his wish, at least not soon

4:00 PM on Monday, December 8

3:25 PM on Monday, December 8

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat

2:35 PM on Monday, December 8

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he has divested from his North Dakota soybean farmland

2:14 PM on Monday, December 8

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa

2:07 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey

1:32 PM on Monday, December 8

The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations

12:50 PM on Monday, December 8

A Georgia state House member faces accusations of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic

12:46 PM on Monday, December 8

Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back

11:39 AM on Monday, December 8

The Golden Globes have introduced a best podcast category that's likely to spark conversations

11:04 AM on Monday, December 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have met their Australian counterparts for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region

8:13 AM on Monday, December 8

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

8:00 AM on Monday, December 8

An official says the airspace over Yemen was briefly closed as tensions rose in the south of the country

2:05 AM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump says a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros

9:00 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members