Politics & Government News

7:16 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted

7:10 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Trump's pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws amid GOP objections over his MLK and 'Nazi streak' text messages

6:49 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump says the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insists that any decision on a payout would “have to go across my desk.”

6:29 PM on Tuesday, October 21

An immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on New York City’s famed Canal Street turned chaotic Tuesday afternoon, as bystanders and protesters confronted federal agents and tried to block their path

6:13 PM on Tuesday, October 21

New Jersey Republicans have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to send election monitors to oversee the handling of mail ballots in a county that is key to the state’s Nov. 4 governor’s race between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill

6:05 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has revealed in a podcast that he was tattooed years ago with an image widely recognized as Nazi symbol

6:04 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state’s newest member of Congress after House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her for a month since winning the post

5:35 PM on Tuesday, October 21

4:54 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help

4:45 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve to serve as the Army’s second-highest-ranking officer, according to congressional records

4:45 PM on Tuesday, October 21

A federal judge overseeing the Trump administration’s prosecution of U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver on charges she assaulted and impeded immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center told the government to remove social media posts he called “prejudicial” to the congresswoman

4:44 PM on Tuesday, October 21

4:20 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Federal officers shot a man in the elbow and a deputy U.S. Marshal was hit in the hand with a ricochet bullet during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles

4:19 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump is adding a $250 million ballroom to the east side of the White House

3:36 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Democrats have rallied against a proposed U.S. House map by North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh

12:59 PM on Tuesday, October 21

A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

12:18 PM on Tuesday, October 21

The Toronto Blue Jays have advanced to the World Series and have a chance of claiming the championship of America’s pastime at a time when U.S.-Canada relations remain near historic lows

9:02 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown

4:58 AM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump says his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold because he doesn’t want it to be a “waste of time.”

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 21

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House