Politics & Government News

3:57 PM on Friday, October 24

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies

3:39 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown

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

1:37 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

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

12:04 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

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

7:34 AM on Friday, October 24

The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from their state Republican parties

7:10 AM on Friday, October 24

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he’ll pull the anti-tariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada

6:18 AM on Friday, October 24

Law enforcement officers have fired shots at a vehicle that backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area that had been the site of protests against federal immigration agents

5:32 AM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump is going to Asia and will meet face to face with the leaders of Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and China

10:07 PM on Thursday, October 23

Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a “very big” and “very important” vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking that his close ally, Argentine President Javier Milei, was up for reelection

9:13 PM on Thursday, October 23

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

9:12 PM on Thursday, October 23

The deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., faces a challenge in a court in the nation’s capital

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

7:52 PM on Thursday, October 23

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s pulling the TV ad that caused President Donald Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada