Politics & Government News

3:58 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump has announced that his border czar, Tom Homan, will visit Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of an ICU nurse

3:08 PM on Monday, January 26

The first refugee to lead the U_N_ refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in history.”

3:00 PM on Monday, January 26

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2:31 PM on Monday, January 26

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is accusing Ukraine of meddling in upcoming elections, and has summoned Kyiv's ambassador

1:37 PM on Monday, January 26

Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers

1:32 PM on Monday, January 26

The Trump administration has portrayed 37-year-old Alex Pretti as an armed threat who intended to harm federal agents during a Minneapolis protest

12:41 PM on Monday, January 26

Transgender patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have secured a win after the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to stop seeking their personal and medical information

12:36 PM on Monday, January 26

Republican candidate for Minnesota governor Chris Madel has ended his campaign in a surprise video announcement

12:19 PM on Monday, January 26

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East

12:08 PM on Monday, January 26

A Guyanese businessman facing extradition to the U.S. on gold smuggling and money laundering charges has been elected as Guyana's opposition leader

11:29 AM on Monday, January 26

The U.S. Treasury Department has cut contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor leaked tax information about wealthy individuals, including Donald Trump

11:22 AM on Monday, January 26

Businesses are coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for arrests themselves

9:09 AM on Monday, January 26

Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to the hard-right Reform UK party

7:32 AM on Monday, January 26

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official

6:54 AM on Monday, January 26

A senior French official has emphasized the importance of honoring French soldiers who died in Afghanistan

6:28 AM on Monday, January 26

European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok started producing nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images

12:07 AM on Monday, January 26

The Trump administration has thrown up new obstacles for international students, from travel bans to a pause in visa appointments and new layers of vetting

2:46 PM on Sunday, January 25

More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies signed an open letter posted on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together, as businesses grapple with how to address tensions in the state and across the country following two fatal shootings by federal agents amid a massive immigration enforcement operation that has spurred protests

2:46 PM on Sunday, January 25

The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress