Politics & Government News

10:03 PM on Thursday, August 27

Quebec’s governing party has opened the provincial election campaign by casting U_S_ President Donald Trump as its “real adversary.”

5:43 PM on Thursday, August 27

Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work

5:29 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states

4:24 PM on Thursday, August 27

Zambia's main opposition leader has been arrested on allegations of treason following a troubled election two weeks ago

4:22 PM on Thursday, August 27

Judge Christopher Cooper has expressed skepticism about the Kennedy Center's plan to quickly add President Donald Trump's name to the building

4:13 PM on Thursday, August 27

Federal immigration authorities have arrested dozens of people in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, this week, despite intense opposition from elected officials and protesters

3:36 PM on Thursday, August 27

Mauritania says it intercepted a boat carrying 161 migrants trying to reach Europe

3:35 PM on Thursday, August 27

Some Republican candidates are quietly distancing themselves from President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress

3:06 PM on Thursday, August 27

The Pentagon is pressing NATO allies to show how they're upping their defense of Europe as the U.S. focuses on security challenges elsewhere

2:32 PM on Thursday, August 27

Republican North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards has implored House colleagues to reconsider an Ethics Committee report that found he engaged in persistent, unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two female aides and recommended his censure

1:53 PM on Thursday, August 27

Federal investigators say the ongoing White House construction contributed to radio problems that kept air traffic controllers from hearing the calls warning that President Donald Trump’s helicopter was getting ready to take off, so they cleared an airline jet to take off just as Marine One took to the air earlier this month

1:34 PM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada

12:45 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist

11:36 AM on Thursday, August 27

The U.S. military faces a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran

9:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the U.S. This move comes as he intensifies a trade war with Canada

8:34 AM on Thursday, August 27

Legal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent

8:00 AM on Thursday, August 27

The Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during two congressional hearings in 2025

4:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

Qatar and other regional powers are seeking an off-ramp from the U.S. war

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 27

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have taken the stand in federal court, arguing they can't defend themselves from sex charges while jailed in Miami

7:51 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza is criticizing Israel for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warning that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war