Politics & Government News

10:56 AM on Thursday, January 29

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration

10:45 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Texas State Board of Education has delayed voting on a proposed list of required books for K-12 students

10:39 AM on Thursday, January 29

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is jumping into the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California

10:23 AM on Thursday, January 29

The New Orleans City Council has passed a yearlong ban on data centers in the city

10:14 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Justice Department has charged a man who squirted apple cider vinegar on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at an event in Minneapolis

9:52 AM on Thursday, January 29

9:20 AM on Thursday, January 29

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue with White House to avert a shutdown

9:17 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week as the region experiences frigid temperatures

8:53 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump says he's informed Venezuela’s acting president that he'll open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela

8:48 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired

6:08 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump’s border czar says immigration enforcement could reduce the number of officers in Minnesota

5:30 AM on Thursday, January 29

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says immigration officials have ceased their enhanced operations in the state

5:29 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump has gathered his Cabinet for a video-broadcasted meeting that ended without questions from reporters or comments from Homeland Security Kristi Noem or Attorney General Pam Bondi

4:03 AM on Thursday, January 29

Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota

2:16 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that

1:43 AM on Thursday, January 29

Pakistan’s information minister says imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a medical procedure for an eye ailment last week at a government hospital in the capital and is in good health

10:27 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States

9:34 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement

9:02 PM on Wednesday, January 28

If there’s been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it’s the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city

11:48 PM on Thursday, January 8

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency