Politics & Government News

5:25 PM on Tuesday, February 3

New York and New Jersey have sued the Trump administration for freezing $16 billion in federal funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River

5:08 PM on Tuesday, February 3

Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran has stepped down from his position as chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, ending a controversial arrangement where he held positions at both institutions

3:53 PM on Tuesday, February 3

Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a “historically inaccurate” version of the Mexican-American War

3:48 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein says a Wednesday conference to address harm done to the financier's victims by a massive release of records isn't needed after a deal was struck to protect their identities

3:36 PM on Tuesday, February 3

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the country should make “any sacrifice necessary” to preserve the independence of the country in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump

3:22 PM on Tuesday, February 3

Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities

3:02 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A federal judge says he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration

1:30 PM on Tuesday, February 3

A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios late Tuesday has left at least 15 migrants dead, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway in the area, the coast guard says

11:31 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Health care business owner Rick Jackson says he's running for Georgia governor as a Republican

10:56 AM on Tuesday, February 3

The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December

10:16 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested some activists who were trailing their vehicles Tuesday in Minneapolis

9:52 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have finalized an agreement with House Republicans to testify this month in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein

9:45 AM on Tuesday, February 3

The White House says talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials are still planned after a Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea

9:31 AM on Tuesday, February 3

A Democratic lawmaker is raising new concerns about a Food and Drug Administration program designed to drastically shorten the review of certain drugs

7:12 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Many Haitians living in the U.S. are feeling heartened but wary because a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending their temporary immigration protections

5:20 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Investigators have found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother

2:57 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Palestinians have gathered at Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to pass through after it reopened

2:40 AM on Tuesday, February 3

British police have opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

1:09 AM on Tuesday, February 3

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight

9:12 PM on Monday, February 2

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding