Politics & Government News

6:34 PM on Friday, October 31

New Pentagon policy undercuts ability for trans troops to argue to remain in the military following Trump ban, AP learns

5:18 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina deputy has shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was wanted in the death of his grandmother

4:36 PM on Friday, October 31

Judge says Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voter form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups

4:05 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country

4:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation prohibiting immigration arrests near courthouses

4:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Coast Guard Island — a California Coast Guard base located in the Oakland Estuary — was the focus of protests of last week's planned-then-abandoned surge of federal immigration officials

3:34 PM on Friday, October 31

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964

3:02 PM on Friday, October 31

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have been arrested for allegedly planning a coup

3:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has signed a bipartisan bill that would allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot

2:08 PM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin has become the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school

2:06 PM on Friday, October 31

2:05 PM on Friday, October 31

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

1:52 PM on Friday, October 31

Israel’s top military prosecutor has resigned after admitting to leaking a video showing soldiers assaulting a Palestinian detainee

1:19 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has declined to say whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests

1:18 PM on Friday, October 31

The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration in the state’s Supreme Court

1:04 PM on Friday, October 31

Many people might be wondering how they can help their neighbors put food on the table with federal food aid set to be frozen on Nov. 1

8:38 AM on Friday, October 31

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area

5:27 AM on Friday, October 31

King Charles III has stripped his brother Andrew of his princely title and home amid mounting pressure to address his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

12:10 AM on Friday, October 31

A Republican-led panel in Ohio has adopted new U.S. House districts, potentially boosting the GOP's chances of gaining two seats in next year's elections

3:56 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections