Politics & Government News

5:53 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Justice Department says it has sued Oregon and Maine for failing to provide their voter registration lists

5:16 PM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard into Memphis for a crime-fighting push has stirred mixed feelings among the populace

4:56 PM on Tuesday, September 16

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

4:42 PM on Tuesday, September 16

An FBI analyst has testified that DNA sampled from a rifle, as well as multiple other items, found near where President Donald Trump was playing golf in South Florida last year matches that of a man accused of trying to assassinate Trump that day

4:42 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The House has passed legislation to change how youth offenders are prosecuted in Washington, D

4:35 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first female leader to preside over the country’s independence celebrations in 215 years

3:48 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A federal judge says the identities of two individuals once listed as potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein will remain sealed for their safety and privacy

3:44 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking steps toward running for the U.S. Senate in 2026

2:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Local authorities say a boat carrying over a hundred migrants has run aground in Dakar, Senegal

1:24 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times in recent months, culminating with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university

1:09 PM on Tuesday, September 16

South America’s Mercosur bloc signed a free trade deal with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

12:28 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Thousands have rallied across Slovakia in a nationwide protest against the economic and pro-Russian policies of Prime Minister Robert Fico

11:10 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Charlie Kirk's mastery of social media was key to his becoming a force in conservative politics

10:53 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania says that the nation must “turn the tide” against political violence and the belief that government can’t solve problems

10:07 AM on Tuesday, September 16

The Border Patrol agent who has led an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles has arrived in Chicago, possibly signaling a new phase in an enforcement surge announced last week

6:37 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel has clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing

3:01 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine is planning to force two Senate votes on President Donald Trump’s tariffs in the coming weeks, keeping the pressure on his Republican colleagues as many of them have voiced frustration with the policies

10:04 PM on Monday, September 15

Donald Trump has arrived in the United Kingdom, where he'll become the first U_S_ president to get a second state visit to the U_K_ As Trump left the White House on Tuesday, he noted that during his past state visit he was hosted at Buckingham Palace and this time he'll be at Windsor Castle, which he says people call “the ultimate.”

10:02 PM on Monday, September 15

The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been charged with aggravated murder

10:03 PM on Saturday, September 13

Authorities in Utah have shared information indicating the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk did a fair amount of planning ahead of time