Politics & Government News

2:25 PM on Friday, August 29

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine months

1:30 PM on Friday, August 29

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is highlighting her connection to President Donald Trump in her first campaign ad for the state's gubernatorial race

1:22 PM on Friday, August 29

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit India in December

1:00 PM on Friday, August 29

A judge has paused his order for Fulton County, Georgia, to pay $10,000 daily until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board

12:43 PM on Friday, August 29

Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nation’s most Democratic cities — including Chicago and Baltimore — where he claims they are needed to crack down on crime

12:43 PM on Friday, August 29

US Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won't run for reelection in 2026, AP sources say

12:39 PM on Friday, August 29

Federal appeals court blocks Trump’s decision to end legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

12:29 PM on Friday, August 29

Texas governor signs into law redrawn voting map pushed by Trump that gives GOP five more winnable congressional seats

12:12 PM on Friday, August 29

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are concerned he can’t get a fair trial in his human smuggling case in Tennessee

12:09 PM on Friday, August 29

Some U.S. businesses verify applicants’ eligibility to work using an online government system called E-Verify

11:56 AM on Friday, August 29

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired

11:03 AM on Friday, August 29

A Texas measure would let private citizens sue doctors and others who provide abortion pills that end up in the state

10:14 AM on Friday, August 29

India and Japan have agreed to further expand ties and deepen cooperation in areas such as security, economy, clean energy and human resources

9:55 AM on Friday, August 29

Britain’s Court of Appeal has overturned a temporary injunction that would have blocked asylum-seekers from being housed at a hotel near London

9:14 AM on Friday, August 29

New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani is out courting Black voters, trying to do better with them in the general election than he did in the primary

7:17 AM on Friday, August 29

The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called E-Verify is raising questions about what employers can do to make sure they’re employing people who can legally work

5:36 AM on Friday, August 29

Two U.S. senators have visited Taiwan, drawing criticism from China, which claims Taiwan as its own and opposes official contact between the two sides

3:46 AM on Friday, August 29

European defense ministers have pledged to increase pressure on Russia after a meeting in Copenhagen on the war in Ukraine

12:04 AM on Friday, August 29

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime

5:39 PM on Thursday, August 28

A case that could provide the Trump administration with new and expansive power over the traditionally independent Federal Reserve got its first court hearing Friday