Politics & Government News

5:32 PM on Thursday, April 30

Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthened in light of the shooting at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

5:10 PM on Thursday, April 30

Two teenage brothers are on their way home to Mississippi after being detained by ICE while waiting for their school bus

4:44 PM on Thursday, April 30

Congress gave approval to a short-term extension of a key U.S. surveillance program as they continue to work toward a long-term deal

4:39 PM on Thursday, April 30

The Trump administration has deferred an additional $91 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing concerns about fraud in state-run programs

4:11 PM on Thursday, April 30

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on former Congolese President Joseph Kabila for his alleged role in funding and providing political support to rebel groups operating in the east of his country

3:15 PM on Thursday, April 30

Six transgender Idaho residents are suing the state over a strict new bathroom ban

2:50 PM on Thursday, April 30

President Donald Trump says he's removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week’s White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom

2:33 PM on Thursday, April 30

President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, has said he wants to bring “regime change” to the central bank, but if confirmed by the Senate he will find a Fed already transformed by the White House’s attacks

2:08 PM on Thursday, April 30

Camp Mystic officials have withdrawn their application for a license to operate this summer, a year after devastating floods tore through the river-side camp site, killing 25 young campers and two teenage counselors

1:38 PM on Thursday, April 30

The international jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned

1:16 PM on Thursday, April 30

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history

12:57 PM on Thursday, April 30

President Donald Trump says he's nominating former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means’ path forward stalled in the Senate

12:38 PM on Thursday, April 30

An order signed by President Donald Trump calls for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts

12:00 PM on Thursday, April 30

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she won't let the U.S. meddle in the country's affairs

11:05 AM on Thursday, April 30

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas

8:56 AM on Thursday, April 30

Democratic Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he hopes to work with Gov. Janet Mills to turn Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ seat “blue again” now that Mills has dropped out of their primary

8:09 AM on Thursday, April 30

President Donald Trump has signed legislation funding much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, ending the longest shutdown in the agency’s history

4:36 AM on Thursday, April 30

The British government has declared antisemitism in the U.K. an emergency and announced plans to spend millions on increasing security around Jewish sites

12:03 AM on Thursday, April 30

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has appeared before Congress at a pair of hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration started the Iran war

11:59 AM on Tuesday, April 14

A redistricting battle among states has reshaped voting districts for the U.S. House ahead of the November midterm elections