Politics & Government News

3:19 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Man charged with capital murder in the assassination of Charlie Kirk appears briefly before judge by video from jail

2:58 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to a hospital in Brasilia

2:38 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral has been sentenced to six years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges that he agreed to exchange a military contract for a lucrative postretirement job

2:36 PM on Tuesday, September 16

2:22 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Alabama is asking a federal appeals court to lift an injunction that blocked part of a law that limits assistance with absentee ballot applications

1:45 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions

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

12:58 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has criticized the U.S. after it added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war

12:01 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Democratic leaders are lashing out at a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month

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

7:27 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into a possible defect in Tesla door handles that have reportedly left parents unable to reach into back seats to get their children out of the cars

6:37 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel confronted 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

5:15 AM on Tuesday, September 16

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

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

11:45 PM on Monday, September 15

Israeli forces have launched a new ground offensive in Gaza City, with heavy strikes reported across the area

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

10:06 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

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