Politics & Government News

10:34 PM on Thursday, January 8

A Honduran lawmaker from the National Party has been injured after a homemade explosive was thrown into Congress

10:21 PM on Thursday, January 8

Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs

9:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty

8:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing

7:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Fights over which agencies will be involved in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis are roiling as calls for a thorough investigation and accountability mount

7:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

6:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela

5:50 PM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack

3:58 PM on Thursday, January 8

Colorado’s attorney general is accusing the Trump administration of waging a “revenge campaign” against the state

3:05 PM on Thursday, January 8

The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body

2:49 PM on Thursday, January 8

This week's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an immigration agent had grim echoes in Minnesota

9:43 AM on Thursday, January 8

A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high

9:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate has advanced a resolution that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela

8:46 AM on Thursday, January 8

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

6:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza

4:56 AM on Thursday, January 8

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls

2:13 AM on Thursday, January 8

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento

12:24 AM on Thursday, January 8

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old

12:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028

4:00 AM on Monday, January 5

Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests