Politics & Government News

7:11 PM on Thursday, August 13

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is expected to lead the government for a second term after his party won more seats than any other group in this week’s election

7:05 PM on Thursday, August 13

Advocates are speaking against a sweeping undercover federal surveillance operation that court documents say targeted progressive groups and unions protesting the Minneapolis immigration crackdown

5:57 PM on Thursday, August 13

5:34 PM on Thursday, August 13

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition

5:01 PM on Thursday, August 13

President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers

4:51 PM on Thursday, August 13

A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine

4:48 PM on Thursday, August 13

The Dominican Republic has expelled nine Cuban diplomatic officials and their families without explanation, according to the country's foreign ministry

4:25 PM on Thursday, August 13

3:11 PM on Thursday, August 13

The Chilean government has transferred nearly 300 of the country’s most dangerous inmates to a new maximum-security prison, as conservative President José Antonio Kast seeks to regain momentum on his key campaign pledge to combat organized crime

1:56 PM on Thursday, August 13

Authorities are searching for a trio of modern tomb raiders that they say has stolen family heirlooms and other valuables from cemeteries in at least nine states

1:52 PM on Thursday, August 13

White House border czar Tom Homan is defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

1:42 PM on Thursday, August 13

A court order that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns has taken effect

11:42 AM on Thursday, August 13

Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since a sexual assault allegation ended his candidacy

10:01 AM on Thursday, August 13

Attorney General Todd Blanche is seeking to rally a depleted Justice Department workforce in his first speech since taking the reins of the beleaguered agency, promising rank-and-file staff that he will lead them with integrity

5:26 AM on Thursday, August 13

The Kennedy Center will move forward with a two-year closure of the performing arts venue to allow for substantial renovations

3:42 AM on Thursday, August 13

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight

1:01 AM on Thursday, August 13

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday and his influence still looms over Cuba

11:03 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Two powerful earthquakes less than two months apart have exposed stark differences in how neighboring Venezuela and Colombia respond to catastrophe

9:11 PM on Wednesday, August 12

The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future is escalating

9:02 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates