Politics & Government News

8:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing

7:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Fights over which agencies will be involved in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis are roiling as calls for a thorough investigation and accountability mount

7:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

6:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela

6:11 PM on Thursday, January 8

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy

5:50 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack

5:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

Vice President JD Vance is blaming a federal immigration officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on “a left-wing network,” Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed

5:14 PM on Thursday, January 8

House passes bill to extend health care subsidies despite GOP leadership's opposition, putting pressure on Senate to act

4:50 PM on Thursday, January 8

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos has canceled her upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington

4:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Trump says he wants government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in a push to bring down mortgage rates

4:42 PM on Thursday, January 8

Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

3:49 PM on Thursday, January 8

A Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer struck by a car last month while helping a stranded motorist has died from his injuries, the department announced

2:49 PM on Thursday, January 8

This week's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an immigration agent had grim echoes in Minnesota

12:34 PM on Thursday, January 8

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for his failed 2023 coup attempt

11:59 AM on Thursday, January 8

A judge has disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James

9:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela

8:22 AM on Thursday, January 8

The White House says structural issues and decay had made it unfeasible to save the East Wing

7:49 AM on Thursday, January 8

New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani

7:16 AM on Thursday, January 8

Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island

12:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028