Politics & Government News

9:51 PM on Monday, November 10

New Mexico has enacted legislation to support food assistance with state funding each week if SNAP federal food aid falters

9:27 PM on Monday, November 10

Senate passes bill to end the now-41-day government shutdown, sending it to the House for a final vote this week

9:12 PM on Monday, November 10

New Zealand's government has announced changes to firearms laws Tuesday which include ending police officer involvement in gun regulation

7:48 PM on Monday, November 10

The head of the International Maritime Organization said Monday he’s continuing to “advocate and campaign” for global regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels, after the United States and Saudi Arabia blocked new rules last month

7:29 PM on Monday, November 10

President Donald Trump has pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a prohibited trail on his way to a record time up and down Grand Teton mountain in western Wyoming

6:38 PM on Monday, November 10

President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E

6:20 PM on Monday, November 10

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed her longtime legal advisor Will Parker to fill a vacancy on the Alabama Supreme Court

6:11 PM on Monday, November 10

President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back on criticism from Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene that he is spending too much time on foreign affairs and not enough on inflation

6:08 PM on Monday, November 10

A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman's office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson

5:00 PM on Monday, November 10

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4:38 PM on Monday, November 10

A woman sworn in as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter

4:30 PM on Monday, November 10

The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction heading into the 2026 midterms

2:35 PM on Monday, November 10

Most of the notable people President Donald Trump is pardoning after they helped try to overturn his 2020 election loss face legal jeopardy in state or civil courts so the pardons won't effect their cases

11:46 AM on Monday, November 10

Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown

8:33 AM on Monday, November 10

The U.S. Senate is drawing closer to ending the U.S. government shutdown

4:49 AM on Monday, November 10

Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends

12:12 AM on Monday, November 10

A West Virginia state judge has allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members to Washington, D.C. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Richard D

12:10 AM on Monday, November 10

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold

9:51 PM on Sunday, November 9

President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, marking a significant shift in U.S.-Syria relations