Politics & Government News

10:47 AM on Saturday, December 6

Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office

9:36 AM on Saturday, December 6

Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map

9:02 AM on Saturday, December 6

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly posting seditious content on social media

8:11 AM on Saturday, December 6

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency

4:38 AM on Saturday, December 6

Qatar’s prime minister says the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down

7:23 PM on Friday, December 5

The West Virginia National Guard member who survived last week’s shooting in Washington is slowly healing

7:16 PM on Friday, December 5

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off

7:15 PM on Friday, December 5

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into whether U.S. airlines complied with an emergency order to cut flights at 40 major airports during the recent government shutdown

7:11 PM on Friday, December 5

New Orleans’ mayor-elect says a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm

7:06 PM on Friday, December 5

A federal law enforcement operation at an Arizona taco shop resulted in a fracas on Friday, with pepper spray being deployed as a group of protesters tried to stop authorities

6:28 PM on Friday, December 5

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control system

4:08 PM on Friday, December 5

A federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests

4:03 PM on Friday, December 5

Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers

1:29 PM on Friday, December 5

Indiana state House lawmakers have passed a new congressional map that could net Republicans two seats

1:25 PM on Friday, December 5

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election

8:53 AM on Friday, December 5

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed

6:52 AM on Friday, December 5

French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron

5:39 AM on Friday, December 5

President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine

12:11 AM on Friday, December 5

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties

2:29 PM on Monday, November 17