Politics & Government News

6:50 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Dozens of protesters have been arrested after occupying the lobby of a hotel in Manhattan

5:49 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama

5:29 PM on Tuesday, January 27

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress

5:17 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis

4:35 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says

4:33 PM on Tuesday, January 27

President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power

4:01 PM on Tuesday, January 27

The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers

2:31 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras

1:59 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States

1:47 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court

1:35 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A federal judge has issued a temporary order barring the removal of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father whose arrest last week in Minnesota became another lightning rod for divisions on immigration under the Trump administration

1:31 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal

12:11 PM on Tuesday, January 27

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it is taking the first steps to possibly reopen the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela as it explores restoring relations with the South American country following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro

11:37 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Authorities say a man who was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter

5:52 AM on Tuesday, January 27

President Donald Trump says a “big investigation” is underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis

5:27 AM on Tuesday, January 27

A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

4:40 AM on Tuesday, January 27

Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization

2:13 AM on Tuesday, January 27

News that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit will be present at the upcoming Winter Games has sparked confusion and concern in Italy

10:00 PM on Monday, January 26

India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement that covers up to 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations

9:24 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown