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Mexico's president has appointed Roberto Velasco as the new foreign minister during a critical time for Mexico-U.S. relations

4:51 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A man charged in the 2024 shooting death of a New York City police officer has been acquitted of murder but convicted of aggravated manslaughter and other crimes

3:58 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office

2:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first address to the nation about the war with Iran

2:03 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A man who helped stage a cross burning he says was intended to help elect the first Black mayor of Colorado Springs was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to nearly four years in prison

1:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The criminal trial of a former congressman is offering a glimpse into the prehistory of the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

1:34 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

1:12 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status

1:02 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The first foreign troop tied to a new gang-suppression force backed by the United Nations has arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence

12:42 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned Armenia, which hopes to eventually join the European Union, that it won’t be able to be part of both the EU and a Moscow-led economic alliance

12:10 PM on Wednesday, April 1

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and try to end a record partial government shutdown

12:06 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide

12:02 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Some federal and state officials are talking about reducing fuel taxes to ease the burden of high gas prices caused by the war in Iran

11:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president

6:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO

11:40 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on the war in Iran

9:07 PM on Tuesday, March 31

TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on

9:03 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom

9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. President Donald Trump claims Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire ahead of his speech to the American people