Politics & Government News

6:25 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The U.S. military will leave Iraq by the end of September following a 23-year presence that started with the 2003 invasion against Saddam Hussein and ended with much smaller operations against the Islamic State group

5:59 PM on Tuesday, July 14

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections

5:21 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A large coalition led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will mark the anniversary of the historic March on Washington next month with a march for democracy

4:50 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Fresh off a first-class flight from Glasgow, an orange traffic cone received a hero’s welcome at Boston Logan International Airport, complete with a bagpiper, diplomats and state leaders

4:15 PM on Tuesday, July 14

3:38 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Authorities say a man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer

3:03 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Maine Democrats are fighting to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins to a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state

2:42 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s pursuit of a Russia sanctions bill has taken on a renewed sense of urgency following his death

2:41 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has found probable cause that billionaire Elon Musk broke state law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election

2:35 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A familiar story has unfolded in the Maine city of Biddeford, where a federal officer shot and killed a man driving a vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation

2:30 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency

1:34 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A group of Caribbean leaders has met with senior clergy from the Church of England as the push for slavery reparations intensifies

12:58 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo was pulled over in a May traffic stop in Las Vegas and wasn't ticketed

11:28 AM on Tuesday, July 14

A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years

11:24 AM on Tuesday, July 14

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11:09 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the federal government and several private groups for allegedly conspiring to suppress criticism of Israel

7:44 AM on Tuesday, July 14

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress

11:13 PM on Monday, July 13

In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices have shared chilling stories about the threats they increasingly face in public life

5:28 PM on Monday, July 13

4:59 PM on Monday, July 13

President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah