Politics & Government News

3:36 PM on Thursday, October 16

Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 — from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino

3:27 PM on Thursday, October 16

New York’s highest court has upheld a law shifting local elections to even-numbered years, bringing most county and town elections in line with statewide and federal races

3:17 PM on Thursday, October 16

3:08 PM on Thursday, October 16

Panama President José Raúl Mulino says someone at the U.S. Embassy has been threatening to cancel the visas of Panamanian officials

2:08 PM on Thursday, October 16

Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah

2:04 PM on Thursday, October 16

Two Georgia voter turnout groups credited with boosting Democratic efforts in the state have announced their closure

2:01 PM on Thursday, October 16

The Department of Energy says it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy

1:55 PM on Thursday, October 16

California’s elected and appointed officials will now have to tell the public when they’ve accepted a job offer from a new employer that might seek favors from them while they’re still in a position of power

1:43 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump is warning Hamas “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 16

Protests led by Gen Z activists to demand the resignation of Peru’s president turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death

1:26 PM on Thursday, October 16

Democrat Jackie Norris has ended her campaign for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat

12:02 PM on Thursday, October 16

Authorities have now arrested nine people in connection with a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, where six people died

11:19 AM on Thursday, October 16

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas used against protesters and reports of a high-speed chase through a residential area

10:46 AM on Thursday, October 16

About 40 million people could see food assistance disappear next month if the federal government shutdown continues

10:44 AM on Thursday, October 16

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are using artificial intelligence to improve their cyberattacks on U.S. companies, governments and individuals, according to new research from Microsoft

9:16 AM on Thursday, October 16

Federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said Thursday after seeing tear gas and other aggressive steps used against protesters

8:42 AM on Thursday, October 16

12:10 AM on Thursday, October 16

Senate Democrats are rejecting for the 10th time a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government

12:02 AM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump has announced plans to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine

7:35 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela