Politics & Government News

7:25 PM on Monday, August 17

5:18 PM on Monday, August 17

President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally

4:20 PM on Monday, August 17

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says oil drilling in northern coastal regions could be a "passport to the country’s future."

3:20 PM on Monday, August 17

Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil

2:36 PM on Monday, August 17

New voting rules in New Hampshire are changing how students and residents prove their identity

2:34 PM on Monday, August 17

Nevada cattle ranchers are battling the federal government over grazing rights on public lands

2:31 PM on Monday, August 17

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct

2:27 PM on Monday, August 17

A teenage lifeguard and the boy he rescued off the coast of California have been reunited as President Donald Trump honored both as heroes

1:06 PM on Monday, August 17

Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments

11:25 AM on Monday, August 17

The Justice Department has finalized a rule that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated

11:20 AM on Monday, August 17

The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits Texas to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.”

9:23 AM on Monday, August 17

9:18 AM on Monday, August 17

The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog is reviewing a controversial DEA tactic in which agents permitted fentanyl to reach the streets to build cases against traffickers

6:00 AM on Monday, August 17

The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents

5:55 AM on Monday, August 17

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly exchanged messages with an impostor posing as U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff

4:49 AM on Monday, August 17

President Donald Trump has downplayed reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln to reporters in the Oval Office

2:37 AM on Monday, August 17

Iran says it's working to finalize a joint statement with Oman on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

1:48 AM on Monday, August 17

A marathon meeting between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear

7:36 PM on Sunday, August 16

President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial

9:06 PM on Thursday, August 13

President Donald Trump has highlighted his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms