Politics & Government News

4:31 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was fired last week less than an hour after being sworn in is suing the government over his termination

4:19 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida had been vacationing in the U.S. on a tourist visa

4:10 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A federal magistrate judge has ordered detention for a former Army soldier facing an arson charge for an attack on a Manhattan federal building

4:09 PM on Tuesday, July 21

4:00 PM on Tuesday, July 21

An active-duty soldier who was hit by a stray bullet outside the White House plans to sue the Secret Service over the severe injuries he suffered

3:52 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Wisconsin Democratic Party is urging the state elections commission to allow voters who already cast absentee ballots to vote again

3:14 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A cargo plane packed with food and hygiene kits has left Miami for Cuba as part of the U.S. government’s humanitarian assistance efforts for the people of the island nation

3:11 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Federal agencies have admitted to using keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy, and COVID-19 to screen and terminate over a thousand research grants at the University of California

3:06 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to intensify trade negotiations between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico

3:02 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Puerto Rico’s governor says that her embattled chief of staff, Francisco Domenech, and deputy chief of staff, Itza García, are stepping down next month as they deny corruption allegations

2:09 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump has reached back to the Great Depression for an obscure trade weapon he can use to wallop Canada again

1:00 PM on Tuesday, July 21

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning children under 15 from using social media

12:55 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far

12:54 PM on Tuesday, July 21

New Jersey's governor says about 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens were nonetheless registered to vote in the state because of a Motor Vehicle Commission system error

12:43 PM on Tuesday, July 21

A federal appeals court has upheld White House adviser Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying a subpoena for records from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

12:29 PM on Tuesday, July 21

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace

10:02 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Guyana's prime minister says a ferry that capsized over the weekend had as many as 179 people aboard, far more than listed on its manifest

8:21 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, so far

11:59 PM on Monday, July 20

President Donald Trump has pledged significant support for Lebanon during a White House meeting with Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun

11:04 PM on Monday, July 20

Arizona Republicans are choosing nominees to challenge Democrats in key state offices