Politics & Government News

5:53 PM on Monday, August 24

The wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier has been deported to her native Honduras in the latest deportation of a spouse or parent of an active-duty U.S. military service member under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

5:02 PM on Monday, August 24

The California Senate has passed a bill to fine content creators who don’t disclose they were paid to post in support of a political candidate or issue on the ballot

4:05 PM on Monday, August 24

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits

3:50 PM on Monday, August 24

Mexico has resumed live cattle exports to the United States after they were halted for nearly two years by restrictions imposed by the Trump administration following a screwworm outbreak

3:44 PM on Monday, August 24

The United States is urging beefed up U.N. sanctions against the warring parties in Sudan to build pressure on them to negotiate an end to fighting

2:52 PM on Monday, August 24

President Donald Trump is moving toward imposing a new tariff on China to penalize Beijing for flooding the global market with underpriced goods

2:42 PM on Monday, August 24

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has distanced himself from progressive online commentator Hasan Piker

2:40 PM on Monday, August 24

Robert White Jr., the District of Columbia's presumptive delegate to Congress, has unveiled a plan to counter Republican interventions in the city's affairs

2:26 PM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comment on a rare-earth element mining project in northeast Wyoming

2:10 PM on Monday, August 24

1:30 PM on Monday, August 24

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States

12:59 PM on Monday, August 24

The California Supreme Court is considering whether Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco must return seized election ballots

11:34 AM on Monday, August 24

Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman are wrapping up their campaigns for South Carolina's Republican nomination in a special U.S. Senate primary

11:10 AM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled new requirements for mail ballots less than two weeks before some states begin sending them

8:06 AM on Monday, August 24

Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan

7:43 AM on Monday, August 24

Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday

6:02 AM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. has reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices

5:32 AM on Monday, August 24

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections

1:27 AM on Monday, August 24

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran

12:15 AM on Monday, August 24

European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv for the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day