Politics & Government News

4:25 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

3:59 PM on Tuesday, July 14

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

3:21 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

3:15 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The fence separating Gibraltar from Spain has been dismantled, easing travel for thousands who cross daily

3:13 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Pat Oliphant, one of the most influential political cartoonists, has died at 90

2:50 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

1:38 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

1:07 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Mexico has formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids

1:03 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

12:42 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

12:41 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

11:34 AM 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

9:28 AM on Tuesday, July 14

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

7:20 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter

5:44 AM on Tuesday, July 14

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

1:18 AM on Tuesday, July 14

A senior official has been expelled from China's ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, as part of leader Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

10:04 PM on Monday, July 13

This year’s Bastille Day celebrations in France focus on European unity and support for Ukraine

9:13 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

9:07 PM on Monday, July 13

President Donald Trump has warmly welcomed new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House

8:13 AM on Monday, July 13

Sen. Angus King says the motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing