Politics & Government News

6:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers

5:57 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A New York City man has been convicted of conducting an illegal straw donor scheme in 2019 during President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign

4:58 PM on Wednesday, October 15

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has publicly apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize New York Police Department

4:49 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments

4:43 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil

4:20 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access

3:37 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The African Union condemns the coup in Madagascar and announces the country's suspension from the bloc

3:31 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal immigration authorities have detained the parents of a U.S. Marine after the Trump administration changed a policy that sought to protect military families from deportation

3:26 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe

3:25 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The South Carolina Election Commission is investigating why a $28 million contract for new voting machines ended up costing $4 million more

3:02 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The USDA has rejected the Texas agricultural department's plan to use a fly trap to prevent the New World Screwworm from moving north from Mexico and infecting Texas cattle with its larvae

2:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

12:46 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities

12:23 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance

11:54 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come

7:12 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal workers furloughed or working without pay are feeling the financial squeeze and fear being swept up in the Trump administration's layoffs

6:49 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The leader of Madagascar's military coup says he is “taking the position of president” and that the armed forces will remain in charge of the sprawling African island nation for up to two years before elections are held

6:05 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The campaign of U.S. Sen. Edward Markey says he is focused on the government shutdown in response to the announcement that Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton would run for his seat next year

4:10 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The United Nations' food aid agency has warned that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries

12:01 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century