Politics & Government News

4:50 PM on Wednesday, July 15

George Santos has worn many hats: Serial swindler, congressman, expelled congressman, federal prison inmate, clemency recipient, podcast host, online betting influencer under investigation by the federal government

4:26 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration “absolutely” mishandled the communications surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files

2:21 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Former Haitian President Michel Martelly has arrived in Haiti in a rare visit to his homeland

1:08 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Pennsylvania lawmakers have recessed without fixing the state's unconstitutional sentencing for second-degree murder

12:54 PM on Wednesday, July 15

The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday

12:36 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday sought to evade a range of questions from senators on issues such as the impact of AI on inflation, what contacts he has had with President Donald Trump, and how the central bank will determine the persistence of inflation

12:07 PM on Wednesday, July 15

Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country

9:45 AM on Wednesday, July 15

House Republicans have unveiled a $95 billion plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules

9:37 AM on Wednesday, July 15

A man who made a threat on social media to shoot Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has been arrested, police said

9:27 AM on Wednesday, July 15

The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from political meddling

9:09 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting questions about his brief but turbulent tenure atop the Justice Department during a Senate confirmation hearing that will test President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican lawmakers whose support the nominee will need for the job

7:46 AM on Wednesday, July 15

President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after two deadly shootings within a week, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them

6:11 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing about the creation of a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump and a tax immunity deal for the president

5:30 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians

5:11 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Former President Joe Biden plans to publish his memoir, "Promise Me, America," this fall

4:28 AM on Wednesday, July 15

Keir Starmer has answered questions from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time before leaving the British prime minister's office next week

11:06 PM on Tuesday, July 14

President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies is struggling to win Democratic support

11:01 PM on Tuesday, July 14

President Donald Trump has addressed a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College, but he focused more on political themes than battlefield issues

3:07 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Mexico has formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids

1:31 PM on Wednesday, July 8

The death of a man who was fleeing federal immigration agents in Florida is at least the 10th fatality linked to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown