Politics & Government News

8:22 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Hundreds of women have marched through Mexico City's streets to protest violence against women

6:41 PM on Tuesday, November 25

The Trump administration’s plan to review all refugees admitted to the United States under the Biden administration is weighing heavily on people who could be affected by the evaluation and fueling uncertainty and worry among people who believed their status was secured

5:34 PM on Tuesday, November 25

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4:23 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal judge has given the Justice Department a day to say what materials it plans to make publicly available from the file it built to prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell in the sex trafficking case brought against her after financier Jeffrey Epstein died

3:36 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue

3:29 PM on Tuesday, November 25

In addition to pardoning two North Carolina turkeys at the annual White House ceremony, President Donald Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming that it’s been six months since the city has seen a murder

3:14 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal judge in Miami has set a $60,000 bond for U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

2:47 PM on Tuesday, November 25

2:16 PM on Tuesday, November 25

President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia says he will scrap a ream of taxes in one of his first moves since becoming the nation’s first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy

1:16 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal court has ordered a political consultant to pay $22,500 for sending robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire voters

1:09 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based

12:37 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser says she will not be seeking re-election next year

12:28 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews

11:29 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Belarusian politician Mikola Statkevich, who was freed from prison in a U.S.-brokered deal but refused to leave his native country, has been returned to prison

10:48 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice

7:31 AM on Tuesday, November 25

The U.S. government has imposed visa restrictions on Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, and accused him of supporting gangs

6:25 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter

6:56 PM on Monday, November 24

President Donald Trump says his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned."

10:47 AM on Monday, November 24

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department