Politics & Government News

3:34 PM on Friday, October 10

Katie Porter is fighting back

2:41 PM on Friday, October 10

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released

2:20 PM on Friday, October 10

A North Carolina state legislator accused of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old has received a bond just over $1 million

2:20 PM on Friday, October 10

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East

2:07 PM on Friday, October 10

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence or provide access to abortion resources

1:59 PM on Friday, October 10

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner, as trade war reignites

1:46 PM on Friday, October 10

The former superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska retired late last year, but the board said he would be staying on in an as-needed advising capacity to the new superintendent through June

1:42 PM on Friday, October 10

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might target the Chicago Marathon

12:37 PM on Friday, October 10

New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on mortgage fraud charges

11:58 AM on Friday, October 10

10:34 AM on Friday, October 10

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration

10:01 AM on Friday, October 10

Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday

9:42 AM on Friday, October 10

Mass firings of federal workers have begun

8:06 AM on Friday, October 10

President Donald Trump says he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a steep recession and financial market chaos

7:32 AM on Friday, October 10

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell has sent a letter to Big Ten presidents, warning that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools’ tax-exempt status

6:48 AM on Friday, October 10

María Corina Machado, a key figure in Venezuela's opposition, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

5:26 AM on Friday, October 10

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues

11:47 PM on Thursday, October 9

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, to try again to form a government in a bid to end the country’s political deadlock

10:01 PM on Thursday, October 9

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize

9:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Trump administration is pushing again to deport a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador