Politics & Government News

10:13 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a Supreme Court hearing in which judges will hear arguments on his executive order limiting birthright citizenship

9:53 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem

8:21 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung

8:16 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul

7:27 PM on Tuesday, March 31

An appeals court panel has suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave

7:23 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump entered his war of choice against Iran without consulting global allies

7:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accusations authorities promptly denied

7:05 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful

6:37 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon

6:33 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has thrown out a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Colorado and Denver of interfering with the enforcement of immigration laws

5:48 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tighten voting rules by creating a national list of eligible voters and limiting mail ballots

5:25 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have made their closing arguments in the trial of a man charged in the 2024 shooting death of New York City police officer

4:46 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination

3:14 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House

1:03 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump drew mostly applause as he greeted the crowd on the opening night of the musical “Chicago” at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday night

8:52 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba with a huge shipment, easing a dire fuel shortage after months without deliveries

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

King Charles III is going ahead with a state visit to the United States in April, despite calls for the ceremonial event to be called off due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of the British government for failing to support the war in Iran

1:44 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump lashed out at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran

12:01 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act

8:34 AM on Thursday, March 26