Politics & Government News

4:20 PM on Tuesday, December 16

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has offered an unusually candid look inside an ongoing presidency

4:06 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January

3:29 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs

3:16 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The Trump administration has designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist group, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them

3:04 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others

3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump administration expands travel ban to include 5 more countries and imposes new limits on others

2:39 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Thousands have rallied across Slovakia to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico's latest controversial moves to dismantle an independent office that protects whistleblowers and amend the penal code

2:19 PM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert

2:14 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday for the return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

2:05 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

1:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035

1:40 PM on Tuesday, December 16

One of New Mexico’s most successful cannabis entrepreneurs is entering the race for governor

1:39 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A colleague of the Milwaukee judge accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest is testifying at her criminal trial that she was shocked by her fellow judge’s behavior

12:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

11:04 AM on Tuesday, December 16

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U_S_ has sued Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”

10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday

7:58 AM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela

7:04 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean

4:37 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days

8:58 AM on Monday, December 15

The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats