Politics & Government News

9:45 PM on Thursday, March 5

The United Nations political chief says demand for critical minerals that power technology from smartphones to missiles could triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2040

9:17 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Trump administration in recent weeks has taken forceful steps in one Latin American country after another aimed at curbing the influence and economic dominance of China

9:05 PM on Thursday, March 5

Jamaica’s foreign ministry says it is ending a decades-long agreement with Cuba involving its medical missions

9:05 PM on Thursday, March 5

Iraqi Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press that thousands of battle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran with U.S. backing

6:41 PM on Thursday, March 5

The Justice Department has released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review

6:40 PM on Thursday, March 5

Last year, President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between Tylenol and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition

6:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Trump's plan to nominate U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as Homeland Security secretary will leave an unexpected Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma

6:09 PM on Thursday, March 5

The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship

5:56 PM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says Venezuela offers security guarantees to mining companies that want to invest in risky, mineral-rich regions

5:51 PM on Thursday, March 5

A Wisconsin teenager who killed his parents and stole their money to fund his plan to kill President Donald Trump has been sentenced to life in prison

5:44 PM on Thursday, March 5

Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died

5:19 PM on Thursday, March 5

2:50 PM on Thursday, March 5

President Donald Trump has fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

1:14 PM on Thursday, March 5

A Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to set fire to a Republican congressman’s office last year because he was angry that the lawmaker backed a bill requiring TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell off its U.S. operations has been sentenced to seven years in prison

11:34 AM on Thursday, March 5

A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump's White House ballroom got an earful from members of the public

12:23 AM on Thursday, March 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader

12:11 AM on Thursday, March 5

As the Trump administration dismantles the Education Department, the agency is pulling back on its role policing discrimination in America’s schools

12:06 AM on Thursday, March 5

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress

12:01 AM on Thursday, March 5

The House has narrowly rejected a resolution that would curb President Donald Trump’s powers in the Iran war

8:41 AM on Wednesday, March 4