Politics & Government News

11:10 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Charlie Kirk's mastery of social media was key to him 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

10:35 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Chrystia Freeland is leaving the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Mark Carney

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

9:57 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Former North Carolina congressman Wiley Nickel has announced his candidacy for Wake County district attorney

9:27 AM on Tuesday, September 16

After a late-night vote and last-minute ruling, the Federal Reserve began a key meeting on interest rate policy Tuesday with both a new Trump administration appointee and an official the White House has targeted for removal

6:37 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel is confronting skeptical Democrats at a Senate hearing Tuesday, touting his leadership of the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency and facing questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killing, the case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the firings of senior FBI officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution

6:10 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Georgia’s highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others

5:26 AM on Tuesday, September 16

The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration

5:15 AM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is intensifying immigration enforcement in sanctuary cities like Boston

5:01 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan is running as a Democrat for governor

1:50 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Authorities in Ghana are pushing back on claims that four African immigrants recently deported by the U.S. remain in Ghanaian detention, reiterating their assertion that all such migrants have been returned to their home countries

11:23 PM on Monday, September 15

The New York Times says President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the newspaper and four of its journalists is meritless and an attempt to discourage independent reporting

10:32 PM on Monday, September 15

Malawi has begun counting votes in a presidential election that's expected to be a tight race between two old rivals and could go to a runoff

10:10 PM on Monday, September 15

Michigan’s governor is pressing state lawmakers to avert a government shutdown that looms around the same time Congress contends with a potential shutdown of the U.S. government

10:06 PM on Monday, September 15

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending his record and pushing back on criticism that he has politicized law enforcement

10:04 PM on Monday, September 15

A private school founded by a Hawaiian princess gives admissions preference to Native Hawaiian applicants

10:04 PM on Monday, September 15

U_S_ President Donald Trump is heading to 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

A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation

10:02 PM on Monday, September 15

Prosecutors are looking at filing a capital murder charge against the Utah man jailed in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk