Politics & Government News

3:47 PM on Thursday, January 8

Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords returned to the House floor on the 15th anniversary of the assassination attempt that ended her political career

3:43 PM on Thursday, January 8

Trump advisers met at the White House with Denmark, Greenland envoys as Trump reignites 'takeover' talk, AP sources say

3:24 PM on Thursday, January 8

House refuses to override Trump vetoes of 2 bipartisan bills as Republicans stick with president

2:59 PM on Thursday, January 8

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes reducing the responsibilities of California’s elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction

2:10 PM on Thursday, January 8

A federal judge has directed the Trump administration to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from Head Start grant applications and barred it from laying off any more federal employees in the federal Office of Head Start

1:33 PM on Thursday, January 8

Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says it is suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haiti’s capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups

12:59 PM on Thursday, January 8

Israeli prime minister says former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov to serve as director of Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

12:59 PM on Thursday, January 8

Lebanon's economy minister says the country's efforts to control weapons from non-state groups are crucial for economic recovery

11:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate advances a war powers resolution to limit further attacks on Venezuela and sets up a vote for final passage

11:26 AM on Thursday, January 8

The IRS will start accepting 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, marking the official start of the 2026 tax filing season

10:42 AM on Thursday, January 8

The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support

10:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court orders they describe as outdated

9:27 AM on Thursday, January 8

Protesters have gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in South Africa to oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the capture of former president Nicolas Maduro

9:18 AM on Thursday, January 8

France's president says a political scholar from the country who was serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage has been freed in a prisoner swap with France

7:01 AM on Thursday, January 8

Fulton County Commissioner Dana Barrett has announced her candidacy to become Georgia's secretary of state

5:38 AM on Thursday, January 8

Iran does not want war with Israel or the U.S., but is ready to fight back if attacked, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says

12:50 AM on Thursday, January 8

The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”

12:40 AM on Thursday, January 8

Saudi Arabia says the United Arab Emirates has smuggled a wanted separatist leader out of Yemen

5:11 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations

3:33 PM on Wednesday, January 7