Politics & Government News

4:24 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk says he won't seek reelection this year

2:55 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Melania Trump has met at the White House with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new documentary

2:11 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Republican lawmakers in Indiana are considering a bill to make it illegal to use public land for sleeping and camping

1:43 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died

1:34 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, longtime foreign affairs leader and vice chair of Sept. 11 attack panel, has died

1:25 PM on Wednesday, February 4

An Argentine judge has requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York

1:15 PM on Wednesday, February 4

White House agrees to move Iran talks to Oman from Turkey after Arab leaders urge US to hear out Tehran, AP source says

1:05 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Foreign minister of Iran confirms his country will hold nuclear talks with the US in Oman on Friday

12:51 PM on Wednesday, February 4

The new Czech government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has survived a no-confidence vote in the Czech Parliament

12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 4

The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration

11:59 AM on Wednesday, February 4

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas claims he has a new way to hold state government accountable

11:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Supreme Court refuses to block new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

11:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Californians could receive instant rebates on electric vehicle purchases under Governor Gavin Newsom’s $200 million proposal

11:13 AM on Wednesday, February 4

A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post

9:52 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system

8:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife

7:18 AM on Wednesday, February 4

President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants

5:21 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Armed extremists have killed over 162 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, a lawmaker said

10:03 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A federal judge appears poised to again reject President Donald Trump’s bid to erase his hush money conviction, slamming his lawyers for legal maneuvers he said amounted to taking “two bites at the apple.”

10:02 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 has been sentenced to life in prison