Politics & Government News

4:50 PM on Friday, November 7

After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back towards Democratic candidates at nearly the same velocity as 2024’s shift, an Associated Press analysis of election data from this week found

4:40 PM on Friday, November 7

The Justice Department is scrutinizing a trip that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took to Qatar, but the mayor is not a target of the investigation, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, The probe into a trip Bowser took with staff in 2023 is focused on a lobbyist tied to the Democratic mayor, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation

4:13 PM on Friday, November 7

4:05 PM on Friday, November 7

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to open a national call center to help local and state law enforcement agencies find unaccompanied migrant children

3:57 PM on Friday, November 7

Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating US beef prices and directs Justice Department to investigate

3:49 PM on Friday, November 7

Orban says Trump will not punish Hungary for buying Russian energy, reducing impact of Ukraine-related sanctions

2:29 PM on Friday, November 7

Volunteers usually gather at Riverside National Cemetery in California on Veterans Day to place flags on graves, but not this year

2:25 PM on Friday, November 7

The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council

2:25 PM on Friday, November 7

Despite facing a $12 billion deficit this year, California’s Legislature still managed to spend at least $415 million for local projects to help lawmakers win their next elections

2:13 PM on Friday, November 7

President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry on past tax evasion and drug charges

1:47 PM on Friday, November 7

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has filed the necessary paperwork to seek a third term in 2026

1:41 PM on Friday, November 7

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has criticized the COP30 environmental summit as harmful and misguided

12:37 PM on Friday, November 7

Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low in November, a month into the government shutdown, led by pessimism in both personal finances and anticipated business conditions

12:34 PM on Friday, November 7

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7:58 AM on Friday, November 7

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor of New York

6:44 AM on Friday, November 7

A vehicle crash near the Black Sea city of Burgas has resulted in the deaths of six migrants

4:10 AM on Friday, November 7

Protesters have disrupted a concert by the Israel Philharmonic orchestra in Paris

11:05 PM on Thursday, November 6

5:47 PM on Thursday, November 6

The unemployment rate is low and the economy is still growing, but those out of work face the slowest pace of hiring in more than a decade