Politics & Government News

6:59 PM on Sunday, January 25

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night doubled down and blamed Democratic officials

5:25 PM on Sunday, January 25

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city

4:43 PM on Sunday, January 25

Moderate Democratic Sen_ Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”

4:31 PM on Sunday, January 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro

1:50 PM on Sunday, January 25

Brazil’s foreign ministry says it has taken over Mexico’s diplomatic interests in Peru following a diplomatic rift over a Peruvian politician who was granted asylum by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

1:26 PM on Sunday, January 25

Obama calls latest Minnesota shooting a 'wake-up call to every American' and urges federal officials to work with state

12:32 PM on Sunday, January 25

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota

12:26 PM on Sunday, January 25

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China

11:03 AM on Sunday, January 25

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis

9:22 AM on Sunday, January 25

A row has erupted within Britain's Labour Party after Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham, was blocked from running in a special election

8:33 AM on Sunday, January 25

American religious history is rife with protest movements

7:34 AM on Sunday, January 25

European leaders are finding a way to speak with one voice against President Donald Trump and they're increasingly willing to say “no” to his demands

2:03 AM on Sunday, January 25

Tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to control Greenland have caused a rift between MAGA and Europe's far-right

12:01 AM on Sunday, January 25

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities

7:42 PM on Saturday, January 24

The morning started frigid and quiet on Minneapolis’ “Eat Street,” a stretch of road south of downtown famous for its small coffee shops and restaurants ranging from New American to Vietnamese

6:37 PM on Saturday, January 24

Voting was held Sunday in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process