Politics & Government News

3:24 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk says he won't seek reelection this year

1:55 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Melania Trump has met at the White House with a freed American-Israeli hostage whose plight she featured in her new documentary

1:11 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Republican lawmakers in Indiana are considering a bill to make it illegal to use public land for sleeping and camping

12:43 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress, has died

12:34 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, longtime foreign affairs leader and vice chair of Sept. 11 attack panel, has died

12:25 PM on Wednesday, February 4

An Argentine judge has requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York

12:15 PM on Wednesday, February 4

White House agrees to move Iran talks to Oman from Turkey after Arab leaders urge US to hear out Tehran, AP source says

12:05 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Foreign minister of Iran confirms his country will hold nuclear talks with the US in Oman on Friday

11:51 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The new Czech government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has survived a no-confidence vote in the Czech Parliament

11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration

10:59 AM on Wednesday, February 4

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas claims he has a new way to hold state government accountable

10:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Supreme Court refuses to block new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

10:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Californians could receive instant rebates on electric vehicle purchases under Governor Gavin Newsom’s $200 million proposal

10:37 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Bad Bunny's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is set entirely in Spanish

10:13 AM on Wednesday, February 4

A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post

8:52 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system

7:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Authorities say a Delaware man who was once married to former first lady Jill Biden remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of his wife

6:18 AM on Wednesday, February 4

President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants

4:21 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Armed extremists have killed over 162 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, a lawmaker said

9:02 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 has been sentenced to life in prison