Politics & Government News

3:29 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump is expected to rally in Oakland County on Monday as early voting begins in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary

2:19 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida had been vacationing in the U.S. on a tourist visa

2:09 PM on Tuesday, July 21

2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 21

An active-duty soldier who was hit by a stray bullet outside the White House plans to sue the Secret Service over the severe injuries he suffered

1:52 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Wisconsin Democratic Party is urging the state elections commission to allow voters who already cast absentee ballots to vote again

1:14 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A cargo plane packed with food and hygiene kits has left Miami for Cuba as part of the U.S. government’s humanitarian assistance efforts for the people of the island nation

1:02 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Puerto Rico’s governor says that her embattled chief of staff, Francisco Domenech, and deputy chief of staff, Itza García, are stepping down next month as they deny corruption allegations

12:45 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies

12:09 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump has reached back to the Great Depression for an obscure trade weapon he can use to wallop Canada again

11:15 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace

11:08 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Moldova's pro-Western parliament has elected investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister

11:07 AM on Tuesday, July 21

11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 21

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning children under 15 from using social media

10:55 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far

10:54 AM on Tuesday, July 21

New Jersey's governor says about 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens were nonetheless registered to vote in the state because of a Motor Vehicle Commission system error

10:43 AM on Tuesday, July 21

A federal appeals court has upheld White House adviser Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena for records from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

10:29 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace

8:46 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The progressive movement may already have hit its high point in the 2026 midterms

8:02 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Guyana's prime minister says a ferry that capsized over the weekend had as many as 179 people aboard, far more than listed on its manifest

9:59 PM on Monday, July 20

President Donald Trump has pledged significant support for Lebanon during a White House meeting with Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun