Politics & Government News

5:22 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Ann Bedsole, a trailblazer in Alabama politics who became the first woman elected to the Alabama Senate, has died

4:40 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is making the rounds in Washington

3:31 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The University of Alabama has suspended the publication of two student-run magazines — one primarily focused on Black students and another on women’s issues — citing federal guidance against diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses

3:26 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Mexico’s Senate has selected Ernestina Godoy, a longtime legal adviser to President Claudia Sheinbaum, as the new attorney general

3:20 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of contempt from Donald Trump was a shock in the country’s largest Somali community in Minnesota

3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 3

In heavily Democratic California, one prominent Republican U.S. House member is considering an audacious maneuver — moving to Texas to run for Congress

2:42 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region

2:31 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike

1:56 PM on Wednesday, December 3

One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most vocal accusers is urging judges to grant the Justice Department’s request unseal to records from their federal sex trafficking cases, saying that “only transparency is likely to lead to justice.”

1:37 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024

1:05 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax

10:48 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen

9:21 AM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump has announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry

9:06 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve’s regional bank presidents live in their districts for at least three years before taking office, a move that could give the White House more power over the independent agency

7:46 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas is thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case

5:47 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new immigration crackdown in New Orleans

4:04 AM on Wednesday, December 3

The scrutiny over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon has been a long time coming on Capitol Hill

3:23 AM on Wednesday, December 3

A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees

9:06 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Britain’s King Charles III and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier put on a show of Anglo-Saxon unity Wednesday as their countries expand cooperation to fend off threats to European security, combat climate change and bolster economic growth

9:02 PM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump and his top officials have recently criticized Minnesota's Somali community, drawing attention to immigrants from the war-torn East African country