Politics & Government News

3:02 PM on Friday, January 30

Some young people on Roblox, the popular online gaming platform, have been using a roleplaying game to embody Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers

2:27 PM on Friday, January 30

Chile’s far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast visited El Salvador’s mega-prison for accused gang members ahead of a meeting with President Nayib Bukele to discuss organized crime

2:23 PM on Friday, January 30

12:48 PM on Friday, January 30

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero is taking a proactive stance to preserve access to the judicial system

12:45 PM on Friday, January 30

Work requirements are kicking in for many older adults and parents of teenagers to continue receiving benefits from the biggest U.S. food aid program

12:43 PM on Friday, January 30

The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues in full and on time

10:30 AM on Friday, January 30

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria

10:26 AM on Friday, January 30

Lydia Romero struggles to locate her husband, Julio César Peña, who was detained by immigration agents in California

10:02 AM on Friday, January 30

Massive power outages in Cuba mean that many people are unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island

8:09 AM on Friday, January 30

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers

7:37 AM on Friday, January 30

Kevin Warsh has sought the job of Federal Reserve chair, off and on, since President Donald Trump first considered him for the position nearly a decade ago

6:21 AM on Friday, January 30

California Governor Gavin Newsom is demanding a civil rights investigation into Dr. Mehmet Oz, saying he discriminated against Armenians in a video about hospice fraud in Los Angeles

6:17 AM on Friday, January 30

President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May

5:02 AM on Friday, January 30

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials

4:36 AM on Friday, January 30

South Africa has declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours

3:52 AM on Friday, January 30

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to chair the Federal Reserve could bring about sweeping changes at a central bank that dominates the global economy and markets like no other

3:48 AM on Friday, January 30

Israel says it will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt over the weekend

9:00 PM on Thursday, January 29

Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda

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

5:30 AM on Wednesday, January 28