Politics & Government News

6:42 PM on Monday, September 15

A deadline looming, Congress is charging toward a federal government shutdown

6:35 PM on Monday, September 15

An FBI analyst has testified that a fingerprint on a rifle scope matches that of Ryan Routh, who is accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump

5:54 PM on Monday, September 15

Zohran Mamdani’s bid for New York City mayor has amplified a rift within the Democratic Party

5:17 PM on Monday, September 15

Activists in Chicago’s immigrant rights network say there’s been a noticeable uptick in immigration enforcement in recent days as the nation’s third-largest city awaits federal intervention repeatedly promised by President Donald Trump

5:00 PM on Monday, September 15

Lawmakers have summoned Boar's Head deli meat officials to face a federal food safety committee

4:48 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis to combat crime, testing the limits of presidential power by using military force in cities

4:32 PM on Monday, September 15

Polish authorities have neutralized a drone flying above government buildings in Warsaw

4:04 PM on Monday, September 15

Trump says the US again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, says 3 killed in strike

3:58 PM on Monday, September 15

A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of thousands of probationary workers

3:54 PM on Monday, September 15

3:43 PM on Monday, September 15

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda

2:57 PM on Monday, September 15

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2:41 PM on Monday, September 15

Three people have gone on trial in South Africa after being charged with housebreaking and stealing $580,000 that was hidden in a couch at a game farm owned by President Cyril Ramaphosa

2:18 PM on Monday, September 15

An Orlando restaurant owner has turned 49 parking spots outside her eatery into art spaces

2:17 PM on Monday, September 15

A potential strike that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week has been averted

2:00 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump has threatened to federalize Washington, D

1:09 PM on Monday, September 15

Fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey has sued the U.S. government over her abrupt July dismissal, saying it came without cause or notice and was unlawful and unconstitutional

12:05 PM on Monday, September 15

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions

8:10 AM on Monday, September 15

Israel and the United States have shown a unified front amid international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its bombardment of Gaza City