Politics & Government News

3:19 PM on Wednesday, December 10

President Donald Trump says the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro

3:09 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the Maduro government

2:30 PM on Wednesday, December 10

The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again

2:17 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Travelers who are now able to come to the United States without a visa might soon need to provide social media, email, and family history details to the Department of Homeland Security

2:13 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Democrat Eileen Higgins’ victory in the Miami mayoral race marks a setback for Republican President Donald Trump

2:02 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Oil companies have offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale in the region since 2023

1:45 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was absent from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway on Wednesday

1:27 PM on Wednesday, December 10

The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion

1:17 PM on Wednesday, December 10

12:14 PM on Wednesday, December 10

Mega billionaire Elon Musk said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only “somewhat successful” and he would not do it over again

11:44 AM on Wednesday, December 10

EU enlargement chief Marta Kos says Ukraine’s EU membership is “inevitable” and has expressed confidence that Hungary will not block the country’s accession, even as Budapest objects to moving ahead during wartime

10:14 AM on Wednesday, December 10

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop deploying California National Guard troops in Los Angeles

9:35 AM on Wednesday, December 10

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid rate cuts he initiated more than two months ago

8:12 AM on Wednesday, December 10

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

8:11 AM on Wednesday, December 10

New York City's chief fiscal officer Brad Lander is running for Congress, with the backing of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

6:14 AM on Wednesday, December 10

European nations have agreed to consider changes that rights advocates say would weaken migrant protections that have underpinned European law since World War II

5:51 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Ukrainian officials are expected to present new peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday

5:17 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Two four-story buildings collapsed overnight in Morocco's city of Fez, killing 22 people

2:27 AM on Wednesday, December 10

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother’s behalf

12:09 AM on Wednesday, December 10

President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage