Politics & Government News

3:57 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages federal disaster response

3:23 PM on Thursday, August 28

Top adviser to RFK Jr. will serve as acting CDC leader after White House pushes out director, AP source says

2:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

1:47 PM on Thursday, August 28

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas

1:11 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has thrown out Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr's campaign finance lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones

12:55 PM on Thursday, August 28

Alabama plans to appeal a federal judge’s order to swiftly draw new state Senate districts for use in next year’s legislative elections

11:52 AM on Thursday, August 28

The official campaign period has started for Tanzania's October general elections

11:50 AM on Thursday, August 28

Cal Poly Pomona postponed its annual fall job fair this week after students, alumni and community members criticized its inclusion of Customs and Border Protection as an in-person recruiter

10:20 AM on Thursday, August 28

South Africa is commissioning a report on global wealth inequality in time to present at the Group of 20 summit it hosts in November

10:18 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

10:17 AM on Thursday, August 28

A panel of Tennessee judges has ruled against two state restrictions on carrying guns, including in public recreational areas such as playgrounds and parks

9:25 AM on Thursday, August 28

A new analysis by The Associated Press shows President Donald Trump’s recent focus on crime in Washington and other big cities came as views of his handling of immigration had been souring

7:51 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with

7:43 AM on Thursday, August 28

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence

7:28 AM on Thursday, August 28

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing

6:38 AM on Thursday, August 28

A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign commercial fishing vessels, and each other

2:22 AM on Thursday, August 28

France, Germany and the United Kingdom have moved to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

9:46 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest through Manhattan's Financial District to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

6:07 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades

6:03 AM on Tuesday, August 26