Politics & Government News

5:09 PM on Friday, August 22

Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court

4:49 PM on Friday, August 22

Colombia’s anti-government guerrillas have grown stronger under President Gustavo Petro’s three years in office

4:28 PM on Friday, August 22

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after he failed to secure new sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza

4:18 PM on Friday, August 22

Argentine police have raided over a dozen luxury homes and offices, including the headquarters of a national agency for disability benefits

3:54 PM on Friday, August 22

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has defended himself before lawmakers considering a petition to lift his immunity for prosecution on corruption charges

3:43 PM on Friday, August 22

A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw a new legislative map that includes a new majority-Black Senate district near Montgomery or something close to it

3:22 PM on Friday, August 22

3:10 PM on Friday, August 22

AP sources: Hegseth fires general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered Trump

2:42 PM on Friday, August 22

In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house

2:38 PM on Friday, August 22

The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States was erected in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, almost a century ago by immigrants from present-day Lebanon

2:21 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump says that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will happen on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington

2:21 PM on Friday, August 22

Gavin Newsom is having a moment

2:04 PM on Friday, August 22

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed Friday that the company is working with the Trump administration on a new computer chip designed for sale to China, it marked the latest chapter in a long-running debate over how the U.S. should compete with China’s technological ambitions

1:45 PM on Friday, August 22

When LaToya Cantrell became the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office last week, there was no political precedent to turn to in order to understand how the following months will play out

1:29 PM on Friday, August 22

Britain's top diplomat has been given a formal warning for fishing without a license during a recent outing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance

12:47 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated

12:18 PM on Friday, August 22

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the CFPB notified Public Square Holdings subsidiary Credova it was no longer under investigation