Politics & Government News

7:24 AM on Sunday, August 2

National Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin is said to be in survival mode

9:40 PM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is claiming that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and says that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now

5:19 PM on Saturday, August 1

Sen. Darline Graham has made her political debut in South Carolina, stepping into the spotlight after her brother Lindsey Graham's death to advocate for President Donald Trump's policy priorities

4:29 PM on Saturday, August 1

The two-month tenure of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence will officially come to an end on Monday

2:29 PM on Saturday, August 1

Colombia’s government blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog

2:22 PM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused by shoddy construction rather than vandals

10:13 AM on Saturday, August 1

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said her family was “desperate” and “begging for help" in the disappearance of her mother

9:49 AM on Saturday, August 1

Venezuelans are looking at the latest round of talks between the ruling party and the opposition with cautious optimism after several failed negotiations

9:48 AM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is threatening to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts won’t support his nominee for attorney general

9:15 AM on Saturday, August 1

Travelers at a major border crossing between Croatia and Serbia faced hourslong waits on Saturday due to peak summer holiday traffic

8:29 AM on Saturday, August 1

Democrats are seeing a fresh opportunity for an upset in a northeast Ohio congressional seat

8:10 AM on Saturday, August 1

Hundreds of thousands of people are lining Amsterdam's canals for the city's annual Pride festival boat parade

7:48 AM on Saturday, August 1

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland says he's concerned that President Trump might use federal power to influence the fall elections

7:06 AM on Saturday, August 1

Investors looking to get a jump on White House announcements will be able to buy sneak peeks starting Saturday as a Trump family company starts selling special, fast access to the president's posts on social media

4:18 AM on Saturday, August 1

Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco

12:30 AM on Saturday, August 1

When he heard that the border was breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and rode as fast as he could to join the tens of thousands of other Moroccans who swam en masse to reach Spanish territory

12:27 AM on Saturday, August 1

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has shifted some of Britain's political power from London to Manchester with "No_ 10 North."

Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump has for months pressured the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates, claiming it would be “Rocket Fuel!”

3:47 PM on Friday, July 31

President Donald Trump says his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it

11:29 AM on Monday, July 13