Politics & Government News

8:09 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that could deepen tensions ahead of the pivotal vote next month

6:37 PM on Wednesday, January 28

President Donald Trump is facing a growing cultural revolt against his immigration crackdown

6:04 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Republicans are increasingly worried about immigration enforcement becoming a political problem in the upcoming midterm elections

3:19 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Latin American leaders have gathered for a development forum, calling for regional unity amid increasing political polarization and recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela

3:16 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states

3:15 PM on Wednesday, January 28

2:57 PM on Wednesday, January 28

A federal judge has given a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran

2:27 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing 15 people including a congressman

1:54 PM on Wednesday, January 28

The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December

12:31 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies

11:54 AM on Wednesday, January 28

The Trump administration has concluded that San Jose State University discriminated against women by letting a transgender athlete play on the women’s volleyball team

11:04 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Bruce Springsteen has released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement

10:33 AM on Wednesday, January 28

A partial government shutdown is looming at week’s end

10:13 AM on Wednesday, January 28

The search warrant FBI served at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday seeks records tied to the 2020 election, a county spokesperson said

9:50 AM on Wednesday, January 28

President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents

9:01 AM on Wednesday, January 28

The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump

3:32 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Budapest’s liberal mayor has been charged for organizing a banned LGBTQ+ Pride event that was among the largest in Hungary’s history

1:30 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Iran has reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike

9:10 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice

9:03 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro