Politics & Government News

9:14 PM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump is now officially on board with a sanctions package aimed at Russia, according to a top GOP senator

8:26 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration says it’s going to depart 66 international organizations, nearly half them affiliated with the United Nations

8:04 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Spencer Pratt, a reality television personality who lost his home in the deadly Palisades wildfire last year, said Wednesday that he intends to run for mayor of Los Angeles

7:40 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration and customs enforcement agent in Minneapolis is raising questions about when law enforcement officers are justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle

7:13 PM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump has abruptly changed his tone about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro

6:37 PM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump is seeking over $6.2 million in attorney fees from the Fulton County District Attorney's office

5:11 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations

5:02 PM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants

4:46 PM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”

4:05 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians

3:17 PM on Wednesday, January 7

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary

2:59 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly over the next 30 years than previously predicted

2:56 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and families that rely on the aid money

12:33 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Cambodia’s government has arrested and extradited prominent tycoon Chen Zhi to China

12:07 PM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one

11:55 AM on Wednesday, January 7

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and killed a Minneapolis driver during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city

8:43 AM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing two sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide

8:26 AM on Wednesday, January 7

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions

6:02 AM on Wednesday, January 7

In Ohio's governor race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have announced their running mates

11:01 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Frustration and anger are brewing among young protesters in Nepal who helped topple the government