Politics & Government News

5:08 PM on Thursday, March 26

Facing a convulsing stock market, President Donald Trump has moved to buy himself more time and hold off on carrying out a threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants

4:49 PM on Thursday, March 26

A federal judge has extended her order requiring that federal authorities give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately

4:25 PM on Thursday, March 26

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with transgender women

3:32 PM on Thursday, March 26

3:27 PM on Thursday, March 26

Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him

3:26 PM on Thursday, March 26

The United Nations’ acting top envoy for Congo has warned the U.N. Security Council that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo is escalating and expanding

2:56 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Education Department will relocate from its Washington headquarters as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday

2:51 PM on Thursday, March 26

A Republican-led initiative to repeal Utah's voter-approved anti-gerrymandering standards has failed to make the November ballot

2:01 PM on Thursday, March 26

1:24 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Justice Department has sued the company behind SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, saying its ban on seated wheeled walkers breaks disability rights law

12:35 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities

12:04 PM on Thursday, March 26

President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money

11:41 AM on Thursday, March 26

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland

10:38 AM on Thursday, March 26

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed across Africa

9:10 AM on Thursday, March 26

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks

7:49 AM on Thursday, March 26

A revised version of the House's aviation safety bill now has the backing of the National Transportation Safety Board, but the families of the 67 victims of last year's midair collision near Washington, D.C., still want to see tougher requirements to ensure reforms are implemented

10:49 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Iran and the United States appear to be at an impasse

9:45 PM on Wednesday, March 25

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond

9:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to rename César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations against the Latino labor icon

9:01 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A U.S. judge has pressed the Trump administration about its basis for barring Venezuela’s government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro’s legal fees in his drug trafficking case