Politics & Government News

10:02 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown

9:11 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Cuba's top diplomat says recent U.S. escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region

9:05 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration

9:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

New Mexico's Democratic lawmakers are vowing urgent action to shore up safety net spending in a top state for participation in Medicaid and federal food assistance

9:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Iris Delgado started the Huntington Park Run Club two years ago in her largely Latino suburb in the Los Angeles area to provide runners a way to connect to their community

9:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The government shutdown has begun

9:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal government shutdown begins as lapse in funds brings on fresh uncertainty for country

6:05 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A judge has barred the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Nevada from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling she is “not validly serving” as the state’s top federal prosecutor

4:24 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The White House is withdrawing the nomination of E

2:12 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city

11:06 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue

8:39 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons

7:11 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The public schools superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, has resigned while challenging his deportation after being detained by immigration authorities

6:18 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years as Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government

5:36 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died, becoming the second person killed in the attack

4:31 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has returned to the forefront of Middle East peace efforts with a U.S. proposal that he take a leading role in overseeing Gaza’s administration and reconstruction

9:14 PM on Monday, September 29

Turning Point USA’s college tour went to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month

9:09 PM on Monday, September 29

President Donald Trump is proposing using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces

9:04 PM on Monday, September 29

Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after Congress deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government

9:01 PM on Monday, September 29

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday