Politics & Government News

7:38 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A Texas judge has struck down the National Firearms Act to knock regulations on firearm suppressors and some guns

6:50 PM on Wednesday, August 5

6:29 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party

5:35 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law

5:23 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary

3:05 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:13 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Construction crews have taken apart the massive granite seal for the new White House helipad, signaling potential delays

1:28 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Flávio Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate in Brazil and the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has selected his running mate for the October election

1:19 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Jeanine Pirro this week found out there’s a trade-off between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality

1:14 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The state of New Mexico has sued the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes

1:03 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home

12:53 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The U.S. government has offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, increasing pressure on the U.S. citizen who leads Mexico's most powerful cartel

10:50 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Pakistan’s ruling party has taken a commanding lead in elections for the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after results from the first two phases of voting were announced, officials said

9:13 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party has filed a bill in parliament to advance a peace initiative with Kurdish militants

8:59 AM on Wednesday, August 5

President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war

8:12 AM on Wednesday, August 5

North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards has withdrawn from his reelection campaign days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

8:05 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The South African government is pushing for Africa-wide migration talks following tensions that have seen thousands of migrants leave the country

7:56 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The Word of Life Center, a church in Salisbury, Maryland, is facing difficult times

7:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops

12:01 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps biggest example yet that the party’s voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed candidates in must-win battlegrounds