Politics & Government News

12:09 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate

12:07 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A proposal in Georgia could allow DNA to be collected from immigrants taken into custody for minor offenses

10:01 PM on Monday, March 30

A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library

9:30 PM on Monday, March 30

8:37 PM on Monday, March 30

A California sheriff who seized more than half a million election ballots says he has paused the election fraud investigation

7:46 PM on Monday, March 30

Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release decade-old files from an investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese spy that resulted in no criminal charges

7:02 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council member and her sister accepted bribes linked to the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider

5:38 PM on Monday, March 30

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough

5:17 PM on Monday, March 30

Former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has died

2:36 PM on Monday, March 30

A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement

2:34 PM on Monday, March 30

Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change

1:03 PM on Monday, March 30

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been sworn in for a third term three months after a disputed election

11:03 AM on Monday, March 30

The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown

9:19 AM on Monday, March 30

U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan say the United States supports efforts by Taiwan's government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament

8:30 AM on Monday, March 30

Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday

4:09 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed the budget in a marathon overnight session, likely ensuring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will complete its term until the fall

3:56 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure critics condemn as discriminatory and inhumane

2:07 AM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump says Iran faces massive damage to its energy system unless it quickly agrees to end the war

1:50 AM on Monday, March 30

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water

7:09 AM on Friday, March 27

A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in