Politics & Government News

6:53 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The House gave approval to legislation aimed at loosening water efficiency regulations for showerheads

6:36 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in the country illegally

6:09 PM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1

5:54 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Justice Department official says there's 'currently no basis' for criminal civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting

5:19 PM on Tuesday, January 13

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her State of the State address, pitching proposals to fight President Donald Trump's agenda while also moving to capture progressive excitement surrounding Mayor Zohran Mamdani

5:14 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Justice Department officials have accused a federal judge of abusing his power in demanding that Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan explain why she continues to identify herself as a U.S. Attorney in Virginia despite another judge’s ruling that she was illegally appointed

5:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Louisiana is pushing to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, challenging laws that protect telehealth providers shipping these pills nationwide

5:02 PM on Tuesday, January 13

An official who served in the administration of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

4:16 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis

4:11 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars

1:25 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A New York City Council employee detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, according to a court petition seeking his release

12:27 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring

10:00 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns

9:59 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump was meeting with his national security team to discuss the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on protesters as he looks to get a better understanding of the number of Iranian citizens who have been killed and arrested in more than two weeks of unrest throughout the country

8:34 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks

8:14 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island

2:27 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Iran has eased some restrictions, allowing mobile phone calls abroad for the first time in days

1:01 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense

12:36 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Activists say the death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,000 people

12:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices