Politics & Government News

7:47 PM on Thursday, October 30

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice

6:49 PM on Thursday, October 30

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump

6:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall

6:05 PM on Thursday, October 30

Hegseth orders military to send dozens of lawyers to help Justice Department in Memphis, near Mexico border, AP learns

6:03 PM on Thursday, October 30

A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management

5:25 PM on Thursday, October 30

Justice Department investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matters movement defrauded donors, sources tell AP

5:23 PM on Thursday, October 30

Ohio's Republican-led redistricting commission has unveiled a new U.S. House map that could give Republicans a chance to win two more seats in next year's elections

5:17 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer will be released on bond and return home, an immigration judge ruled Thursday

4:54 PM on Thursday, October 30

José Daniel Ferrer, a key Cuban dissident leader, has been exiled from Cuba and urges the opposition to challenge the government from abroad

4:06 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio inadvertently grabbed international headlines this week after he responded to an email meant for another man with a similar name: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

4:01 PM on Thursday, October 30

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat

3:58 PM on Thursday, October 30

A Maryland state senator has been indicted on federal charges of extortion and conspiracy related to her 2022 campaign for a state House seat for allegedly conspiring to try to silence a former consultant by threatening to make public a video of her in bed with a married man

3:11 PM on Thursday, October 30

After months of posturing, arguing and threatening, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have essentially turned back the clock

1:21 PM on Thursday, October 30

President Donald Trump seemed to love his whirlwind Asia trip

11:59 AM on Thursday, October 30

Two prominent Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit against Cisco

8:34 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have an “illegal purpose."

8:00 AM on Thursday, October 30

A group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators has raised concerns about the use of full-body restraints on deportation flights

5:46 AM on Thursday, October 30

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire after peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey's Foreign Ministry

2:02 AM on Thursday, October 30

Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris accused of involvement in spray-painting red hands around the Paris Holocaust memorial

11:00 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans