Politics & Government News

3:16 PM on Friday, October 24

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and suggested she has views that are not compatible with the Texas shrine's history

3:13 PM on Friday, October 24

CEO of nonprofit that manages the Alamo quits after a GOP leader says her views incompatible with Texas shrine's history

2:52 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration is telling the state of Colorado it can no longer import wolves from Canada

2:16 PM on Friday, October 24

U.S. officials have launched an investigation into whether China fulfilled its commitments under a 2020 trade pact

1:49 PM on Friday, October 24

South Carolina's former elections director Howard Knapp has been arrested and charged with embezzlement and misconduct in office

1:37 PM on Friday, October 24

A yearlong investigation into suspected fraudulent voter registration forms in Pennsylvania has led to criminal charges against six street canvassers and their leader

1:32 PM on Friday, October 24

It’s getting more expensive for Americans to get their caffeine fix

1:23 PM on Friday, October 24

The Houthi rebels have detained two additional United Nations staff members and raided the homes of several others in Yemen over the last 48 hours

1:05 PM on Friday, October 24

The Pentagon has confirmed it's accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown

12:48 PM on Friday, October 24

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is pledging to embrace his Muslim identity amid growing attacks in the final days of the campaign

12:07 PM on Friday, October 24

The U.S. government now plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

12:04 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a government member over drug trade allegations

11:58 AM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump’s barrage of tariffs has quickly strained the United States’ longstanding relationship with Canada over the last year

10:16 AM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- Trump’s favorite economic tool

8:37 AM on Friday, October 24

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay

6:11 AM on Friday, October 24

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region

9:13 PM on Thursday, October 23

Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller were unveiled Friday on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol

9:04 PM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump says he agreed to halt a planned show of federal force in San Francisco after appeals from tech executives and the mayor

9:02 PM on Thursday, October 23

Authorities say a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people began in an area where workers used kettles to produce a mixture of explosives, and it set off other explosives stored nearby

9:00 PM on Thursday, October 23

New York Attorney General Letitia James is scheduled for trial in January after pleading not guilty to federal charges accusing her of lying on mortgage papers to secure favorable loan terms in a case pushed by President Donald Trump