Politics & Government News

7:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

6:50 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has accepted the resignations of three top security officials

6:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers

5:57 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A New York City man has been convicted of conducting an illegal straw donor scheme in 2019 during President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign

5:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

4:58 PM on Wednesday, October 15

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has publicly apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize New York Police Department

4:49 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments

4:43 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil

4:20 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access

3:37 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The African Union condemns the coup in Madagascar and announces the country's suspension from the bloc

3:31 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal immigration authorities have detained the parents of a U.S. Marine after the Trump administration changed a policy that sought to protect military families from deportation

3:26 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe

3:25 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The South Carolina Election Commission is investigating why a $28 million contract for new voting machines ended up costing $4 million more

2:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

2:42 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels

12:23 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance

11:54 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come

6:49 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The leader of Madagascar's military coup says he is “taking the position of president” and that the armed forces will remain in charge of the sprawling African island nation for up to two years before elections are held

6:05 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The campaign of U.S. Sen. Edward Markey says he is focused on the government shutdown in response to the announcement that Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton would run for his seat next year

12:22 PM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state