Politics & Government News

2:36 PM on Thursday, January 29

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday in the midst of a controversy over the arrest of a former Olympic snowboarder

2:13 PM on Thursday, January 29

1:56 PM on Thursday, January 29

Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration

1:45 PM on Thursday, January 29

The Texas State Board of Education has delayed voting on a proposed list of required books for K-12 students

1:23 PM on Thursday, January 29

The New Orleans City Council has passed a yearlong ban on data centers in the city

12:20 PM on Thursday, January 29

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue with White House to avert a shutdown

12:17 PM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week as the region experiences frigid temperatures

11:53 AM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump says he's informed Venezuela’s acting president that he'll open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela

11:50 AM on Thursday, January 29

Trump says he's instructed US officials to reopen Venezuelan airspace for commercial travel by the end of the day

11:47 AM on Thursday, January 29

A federal judge has rejected Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's request to raise unlimited campaign funds

11:15 AM on Thursday, January 29

10:50 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Kennedy Center's head of artistic programming has stepped down, two weeks after being named to the position

10:29 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace

5:00 AM on Thursday, January 29

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge deals with like-minded partners in a world of increasing great power rivalry

4:43 AM on Thursday, January 29

Pakistan’s information minister says imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a medical procedure for an eye ailment last week at a government hospital in the capital and is in good health

1:27 AM on Thursday, January 29

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States

12:06 AM on Thursday, January 29

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday

5:35 PM on Wednesday, January 28

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5:33 PM on Monday, January 26