Politics & Government News

6:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people

5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed

3:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

3:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A federal appeals court has blocked Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors

3:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump is demanding Venezuela pay for assets that Trump says were stolen from U.S. companies when the South American country nationalized its oil industry years ago

2:52 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries

2:50 PM on Wednesday, December 17

2:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he’ll resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host

2:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Minneapolis' police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters on Monday

1:23 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela

12:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico

11:33 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame

10:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

U.S. President Donald Trump's announced blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil could lead to shortages of food, fuel, and other basic goods in the Latin American nation

8:45 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges

7:44 AM on Wednesday, December 17

New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

7:34 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care

5:23 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond

5:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas

2:02 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss

9:07 PM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump has paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian who were killed in an attack in Syria last weekend