Politics & Government News

4:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Residents and local officials in northern Mali say a ferry boat trying to land at a Niger River town in the Timbuktu region hit stones and sank in an accident that left dozens of people dead

4:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft

3:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A judge says a suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio must remain behind bars while awaiting trial

3:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Costa Rican security officials have reported an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves

3:08 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Avery’s Law aims to strengthen Ohio's response to dangerous dogs

2:23 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego

2:10 PM on Tuesday, January 13

2:02 PM on Tuesday, January 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House

1:07 PM on Tuesday, January 13

One of three court challenges to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has ended

12:54 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing limiting the power of states some authorized Indian tribes under the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines

12:50 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants

12:43 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year

12:15 PM on Tuesday, January 13

State Sen. Dan McKeon has resigned from the Nebraska Legislature amid allegations of inappropriate conduct involving a woman who works for another lawmaker

12:05 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules

11:06 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein

10:57 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight

8:54 AM on Tuesday, January 13

News personality Chris Cuomo is returning to the satellite radio network SiriusXM, putting him on the air with both morning and evening talk shows

8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them

7:10 PM on Monday, January 12

The Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics are sparking debate over federal agents' authority to enter private property

2:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act