Politics & Government News

9:04 PM on Thursday, November 20

Leaders from the Group of 20 countries will meet for a summit in South Africa this weekend without any representatives from the United States after President Donald Trump announced a boycott over his widely rejected claims that the host country is persecuting its white minority

8:47 PM on Thursday, November 20

The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries

7:58 PM on Thursday, November 20

President Donald Trump’s 28-point draft proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine has been presented in Kyiv

7:37 PM on Thursday, November 20

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as "federal public benefits," barring undocumented immigrants and some noncitizens from receiving them

7:08 PM on Thursday, November 20

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora,” or the fighter — announced that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress

7:07 PM on Thursday, November 20

A Muslim civil rights group has filed a lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott

7:05 PM on Thursday, November 20

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume a program that could grant deportation protection to vulnerable immigrant children and youth

6:54 PM on Thursday, November 20

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has informed the White House he’ll leave his post in January

6:41 PM on Thursday, November 20

Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Trump administration is undermining the nation's spy services

6:36 PM on Thursday, November 20

The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and technicians who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses

6:30 PM on Thursday, November 20

The Trump-appointed prosecutor overseeing the James Comey case is insisting in a new court filing that the full grand jury approved the final indictment against the former FBI director

6:04 PM on Thursday, November 20

5:56 PM on Thursday, November 20

President Donald Trump has continued loosening tariffs on Brazil to lower consumer costs for Americans

5:02 PM on Thursday, November 20

A team of lawyers has filed suit against federal authorities on behalf of immigrants facing what they call “ruinous" civil fines reaching up to $1.8 million

4:20 PM on Thursday, November 20

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein

3:27 PM on Thursday, November 20

The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff

3:20 PM on Thursday, November 20

Mining industry access to federally owned coal in northeastern Wyoming will continue under a bill headed to President Donald Trump

2:57 PM on Thursday, November 20

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world

1:34 PM on Thursday, November 20

Nevada wrapped up a seven-day legislative session with a major proposal to offer tax credits to film studios failing, and the governor's sweeping crime legislation passing

12:32 PM on Thursday, November 20

Law enforcement leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say a federal immigration crackdown centered around the city appears to be tapering off Thursday