Politics & Government News

8:55 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The fight over Missouri's congressional map has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time

6:12 PM on Tuesday, September 22

Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the void created by retreating governments” following cuts by the United States and other nations to foreign assistance

4:10 PM on Tuesday, September 22

3:57 PM on Tuesday, September 22

A Homeland Security official says the Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases

3:21 PM on Tuesday, September 22

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December

2:46 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The shooting of a Venezuelan man by a federal immigration officer in Texas has set off renewed protests about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

2:45 PM on Tuesday, September 22

A tense moment between President Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins is a stark reminder of how the conflict between the administration and some news outlets has escalated in just a few days

2:26 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The Justice Department says a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary

2:24 PM on Tuesday, September 22

A federal judge has ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights

2:10 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans

2:07 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The U.S. Supreme Court won't intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion

1:03 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The wife of a detained Chinese American seismologist hopes President Donald Trump can help bring home her husband, Youlin Chen

12:48 PM on Tuesday, September 22

The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he's back in an ICE detention center after being taken to a hospital for a second time

10:32 AM on Tuesday, September 22

Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges

5:15 AM on Tuesday, September 22

President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials have met, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end nearly seven-month war

5:14 AM on Tuesday, September 22

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate and subpoena Donald Trump Jr. after his wedding party was partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch

5:07 AM on Tuesday, September 22

Moroccan voters are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, with a focus on jobs, wages, and inequality

4:04 AM on Tuesday, September 22

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says the midterm elections offer a potential “stopgap” halfway through Donald Trump’s turbulent second presidency

1:00 AM on Tuesday, September 22

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has had a strong start with U.S. President Donald Trump at their first meeting

9:03 PM on Monday, September 21

President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war