Politics & Government News

1:38 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced

1:36 PM on Friday, October 31

Judge says Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voter form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups

1:05 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation prohibiting immigration arrests near courthouses

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark

1:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Coast Guard Island — a California Coast Guard base located in the Oakland Estuary — was the focus of protests of last week's planned-then-abandoned surge of federal immigration officials

12:34 PM on Friday, October 31

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964

12:02 PM on Friday, October 31

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have been arrested for allegedly planning a coup

12:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has signed a bipartisan bill that would allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot

11:08 AM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin has become the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school

11:06 AM on Friday, October 31

10:18 AM on Friday, October 31

The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration in the state’s Supreme Court

10:04 AM on Friday, October 31

Many people might be wondering how they can help their neighbors put food on the table with federal food aid set to be frozen on Nov. 1

9:42 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster

7:03 AM on Friday, October 31

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown

6:45 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster

6:25 AM on Friday, October 31

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown

5:38 AM on Friday, October 31

Illinois advocates have sued federal authorities over alleged inhumane conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility

9:10 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Republican-led panel in Ohio has adopted new U.S. House districts, potentially boosting the GOP's chances of gaining two seats in next year's elections

12:56 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections