Politics & Government News

4:34 PM on Thursday, May 7

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary

2:34 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump’s border czar has threatened to “flood the zone” with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government’s crackdown

2:29 PM on Thursday, May 7

Officials say the U_S_ isn't looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s threats that “Cuba is next.”

2:17 PM on Thursday, May 7

New York state lawmakers are expected to place a new tax on luxury second homes in New York City, appeasing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his progressive base as he moves to fund his ambitious agenda on the backs of the rich

2:08 PM on Thursday, May 7

A note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein in his first suspected jail suicide attempt in 2019 has been made public

1:05 PM on Thursday, May 7

It's a new honor worthy of her name

12:28 PM on Thursday, May 7

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support

12:19 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump says goods from the European Union will face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year’s trade framework by July 4

11:24 AM on Thursday, May 7

A council appointed by President Donald Trump has proposed significant changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency

11:21 AM on Thursday, May 7

11:10 AM on Thursday, May 7

Regents have appointed Susan Ballabina as the new president of Texas A&M

11:03 AM on Thursday, May 7

The United States Postal Service is considering a rule change that would allow anyone to send handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years

11:02 AM on Thursday, May 7

An Atlanta-based appeals court has rejected a no-bond policy implemented by the Trump administration for people in immigration proceedings

10:31 AM on Thursday, May 7

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor

5:23 AM on Thursday, May 7

The U_S_ military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces."

12:23 AM on Thursday, May 7

Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence

11:00 PM on Wednesday, May 6

British voters have cast ballots in local and regional elections that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Keir Starmer

9:15 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Michigan Republicans once viewed 2026 as their best chance to reclaim power in the battleground state

9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Tennessee has enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis

4:29 PM on Wednesday, May 6

The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta