Politics & Government News

11:02 AM on Tuesday, August 26

U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the war in eastern Congo is among the ones he has stopped, after brokering a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda in June

10:39 AM on Tuesday, August 26

Court throws out a lawsuit by the Trump administration against all Maryland federal judges over immigration order

9:31 AM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations affecting American tech companies

7:46 AM on Tuesday, August 26

France’s prime minister has announced a confidence vote next month that likely will lead to the collapse of his centrist government and prompt more political instability in the European Union’s second-biggest economy

7:09 AM on Tuesday, August 26

President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U_S_ attorney nominees is “old and outdated.”

5:39 AM on Tuesday, August 26

Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday has elected a former labor union leader and relative political newcomer as the country’s new prime minister, weeks after her predecessor resigned following investigations into his business dealings

5:35 AM on Tuesday, August 26

The highest-profile detainee that the United States seeks to deport, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, appears to be headed to Uganda

10:29 PM on Monday, August 25

One of the few Republican U.S. House members making in-person appearances embarked on a town hall tour of his district to meet with constituents, and a civil conversation broke out

9:26 PM on Monday, August 25

The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren’t drawn to favor any party

9:19 PM on Monday, August 25

Judge rules Utah's congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections

8:24 PM on Monday, August 25

President Donald Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day politics

8:17 PM on Monday, August 25

Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations, opening new front in fight over central bank

6:54 PM on Monday, August 25

A company that installs license plate-detecting cameras to aid law enforcement has halted operations with federal agencies because of ongoing concerns among officials in Illinois and elsewhere

2:50 PM on Monday, August 25

2:39 PM on Monday, August 25

Public schools have reopened in the nation’s capital with parents on edge over the presence of thousands of National Guard troops, some armed, and federal law enforcement officers

11:02 AM on Monday, August 25

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns

9:24 AM on Monday, August 25

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had a friendly interaction before the cameras at the White House that was far different than Trump's warnings against the new leader earlier Monday

8:28 AM on Monday, August 25

President Donald Trump says he’s firing Federal Reserve board Member Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations

8:27 AM on Monday, August 25

Riot police have fired tear gas at students protesting outside Indonesia's Parliament

7:38 AM on Monday, August 25

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg says officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine