Politics & Government News

6:58 PM on Thursday, September 11

A U.S. appeals court panel has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid fund to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue

6:54 PM on Thursday, September 11

Appeals court says Trump administration can block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenge continues

6:21 PM on Thursday, September 11

Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was fatally shot Wednesday during an event at a Utah university

6:03 PM on Thursday, September 11

The sentencing of Nadine Menendez has brought to a close a prosecution that focused on the years after she met then-Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018

5:49 PM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump is attending Thursday night's New York Yankees game in the Bronx to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks

5:42 PM on Thursday, September 11

New Mexico's governor plans to leverage a financial windfall from oil and gas production to bankroll free child care for families of all income levels

5:11 PM on Thursday, September 11

Republicans take first steps to change Senate rules to speed confirmations for some Trump nominees

2:53 PM on Thursday, September 11

Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver is warning Missouri lawmakers that a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump is reopening racial divisions in Kansas City

1:45 PM on Thursday, September 11

An Arizona judge has extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s effort to remove Guatemalan and Honduran children living in shelters or foster care after coming to the U.S. alone

12:04 PM on Thursday, September 11

11:59 AM on Thursday, September 11

Republicans are taking the first steps to change the rules of the Senate to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s nominees

11:23 AM on Thursday, September 11

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat

10:49 AM on Thursday, September 11

Former MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd opened a floodgate of people who faced consequences for statements in the media — social or otherwise — in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination

8:53 AM on Thursday, September 11

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was assassinated as he parried questions from an audience of thousands at a Utah college

8:48 AM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have marked 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon

7:35 AM on Thursday, September 11

Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners as part of a deal brokered by the United States

3:34 AM on Thursday, September 11

The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods is still at large more than 24 hours later

1:56 AM on Thursday, September 11

Qatar's prime minister has accused Israel of not caring about the hostages held in the Gaza Strip after its attack on Hamas leaders in Doha

12:05 AM on Thursday, September 11

Americans have marked 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims

5:05 PM on Wednesday, September 10