Politics & Government News

8:02 AM on Saturday, September 6

A federal trial begins next week for a man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump as he played golf in Florida

11:21 PM on Friday, September 5

Tensions in Syria's Daraa province have forced Bedouin families to live in school classrooms

10:01 PM on Friday, September 5

The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House

10:00 PM on Friday, September 5

6:53 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump hosted a dinner Friday night for members of Congress in the newly paved White House Rose Garden, telling them they were the first gathering of what he dubbed the “Rose Garden Club.”

6:34 PM on Friday, September 5

The U.S. Capitol Police have led a massive training exercise in Maryland to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies

5:44 PM on Friday, September 5

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence

4:53 PM on Friday, September 5

Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30 day limit comes to an end

4:52 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump’s administration says it's looking at ways the federal government can assume operation of the 9/11 memorial in New York City

4:49 PM on Friday, September 5

Confusion has emerged over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European countries along the border with Russia

3:44 PM on Friday, September 5

Democrats and Republicans are testing dueling playbooks in fall elections that will decide the leadership of Virginia and New Jersey — and perhaps a new direction for the parties heading into next year’s midterms

3:39 PM on Friday, September 5

Riot police in northern Serbia have fired tear gas at peaceful protesters demanding free elections and justice

3:31 PM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will host next year’s Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida

2:48 PM on Friday, September 5

The Trump administration is set to allow a West African leader accused of flagrant corruption to travel to the United States for this month’s U.N. General Assembly and cities outside New York that he has previously been barred from visiting

1:54 PM on Friday, September 5

The widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults

1:01 PM on Friday, September 5

The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented

12:16 PM on Friday, September 5

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said again that he won’t end his reelection campaign

11:18 AM on Friday, September 5

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

6:42 AM on Friday, September 5

According to a Homeland Security official, some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles

4:34 AM on Friday, September 5

U.S. immigration officials say some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles