Politics & Government News

12:05 AM on Tuesday, October 21

House Republicans are preparing to release a report about President Joe Biden's mental state and the alleged misuse of the presidential autopen during his term

7:51 PM on Monday, October 20

A spokesperson for Joe Biden says the former Democratic president has completed several weeks of radiation therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer

7:24 PM on Monday, October 20

The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete

6:44 PM on Monday, October 20

The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean has been released by prosecutors in Ecuador

6:05 PM on Monday, October 20

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature has formally begun redrawing the state's congressional district map

5:17 PM on Monday, October 20

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops

5:16 PM on Monday, October 20

A Minnesota woman convicted of filling out and submitting a mail-in ballot for her deceased mother was ordered by a judge to write an essay and read a book about voting’s importance to democracy

4:51 PM on Monday, October 20

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey are urging a judge to dismiss the case against him

3:42 PM on Monday, October 20

An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts can’t participate

3:14 PM on Monday, October 20

Georgia Democrats are focusing on rising electricity bills in the statewide election of two utility regulators

2:50 PM on Monday, October 20

The national chair of the Democratic Party says online comments made by a Senate candidate in Maine in which the candidate appeared to endorse political violence, criticize police officers, and express other controversial views were wrong, but not disqualifying from office

11:55 AM on Monday, October 20

Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use requires more funding from Congress

9:24 AM on Monday, October 20

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical minerals deal

8:30 AM on Monday, October 20

Prince Andrew has renounced his titles, including Duke of York, after discussions with King Charles III

8:11 AM on Monday, October 20

The body of a Nepali student who was taken as hostage in Gaza has been repatriated after being released by Hamas

5:20 AM on Monday, October 20

President Donald Trump says it's possible that Ukraine can defeat Russia, but he’s doubtful that it will happen

3:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, has injected a sharp note of realism into his plan for solving Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in four decades

2:05 AM on Monday, October 20

Three months ago, Rodrigo Paz was a little-known Bolivian opposition senator with a famous father and a mixed reputation as mayor

2:02 PM on Sunday, October 19

Freed from the prison where he had been serving time for ripping off his campaign donors, former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he’s humbled by his experience behind bars

6:13 PM on Friday, October 17

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges