Politics & Government News

9:17 AM on Saturday, January 24

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over its trade deal with China despite initially calling it 'a good thing'

8:26 AM on Saturday, January 24

As more than 2,000 federal agents surge in Minneapolis in an immigration crackdown and clash with protesters on the streets, countless residents are also quietly resisting the operation through grassroots networks sheltering and supporting immigrants

8:21 AM on Saturday, January 24

President Donald Trump’s federal housing finance director, Bill Pulte, quietly granted government-backed lenders the authority to nearly double a $200 billion bond purchase that Trump ordered to try to lower mortgage rates

7:22 AM on Saturday, January 24

The new U.S. National Defense Strategy released by President Donald Trump’s administration is the first since 2022 and contrasts with its predecessor, issued under former President Joe Biden

6:02 AM on Saturday, January 24

A judge’s decision to toss out the boundaries of the only Republican-held congressional district in New York City could help Democrats notch a win in the national redistricting wars — but for now, the outcome remains uncertain

3:34 AM on Saturday, January 24

China's Defense Ministry says the military's top general is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law

2:42 AM on Saturday, January 24

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds

2:09 AM on Saturday, January 24

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet

8:48 PM on Friday, January 23

The Pentagon has released a National Defense Strategy that chastises U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserts the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere over a longtime goal of countering China

8:36 PM on Friday, January 23

Federal immigration agents in Minnesota are accused of using a 5-year-old boy as "bait" to arrest his father

8:18 PM on Friday, January 23

Guan Heng sought asylum in the United States after exposing human rights abuses in his native China

7:34 PM on Friday, January 23

6:54 PM on Friday, January 23

President Donald Trump has revoked an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his Board of Peace

4:56 PM on Friday, January 23

The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed

12:40 PM on Friday, January 23

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state

11:58 AM on Friday, January 23

Mali's government is imposing new fuel rationing to counter widespread fuel shortages caused by armed groups linked to al-Qaida

10:27 AM on Friday, January 23

Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park

8:22 AM on Friday, January 23

Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality

1:03 AM on Friday, January 23

Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport

10:49 PM on Thursday, January 22

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi