Politics & Government News

8:07 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said

7:38 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has argued for years that the Venezuelan government has intentionally orchestrated mass migration into the United States

6:44 PM on Wednesday, January 14

An Oval Office ceremony meant to celebrate milk was overshadowed by President Donald Trump making news on other fronts

6:30 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote

5:58 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia is ending its three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs

5:53 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption

4:56 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters

3:41 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A Costa Rican activist and government critic accused of plotting to kill President Rodrigo Chaves says that the allegations were ridiculous and politically motivated

3:21 PM on Wednesday, January 14

President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters

1:22 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."

12:56 PM on Wednesday, January 14

The Trump administration has apologized in court for mistakenly deporting a Massachusetts college student, but still argued the error should not affect her case

11:22 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Jeff Landry has embraced his role as President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, but the Republican governor of Louisiana says he hopes to connect with everyday islanders rather than with Danish diplomats

9:29 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation

9:06 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate

8:58 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration

8:36 AM on Wednesday, January 14

The Senate sidelined a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to carry out further military attacks on Venezuela, as the president put intense pressure on his fellow Republicans to vote down the measure

7:29 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas

6:04 AM on Wednesday, January 14

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon for a snap election

12:07 AM on Wednesday, January 14

A top Danish official says a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with President Donald Trump after talks in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

9:06 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A demonstrator was hit in the face with a projectile fired by a federal officer at close range during a protest in Southern California