Politics & Government News

2:05 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

1:13 PM on Wednesday, August 5

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

12:28 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

12:19 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

12:03 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

11:53 AM 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

10:15 AM on Wednesday, August 5

9:38 AM on Wednesday, August 5

CoreCivic says it has finalized a five-year federal contract to reopen a private prison in Appleton, Minnesota, as a detention center for undocumented immigrants

8:40 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The junior partner of Spain’s government wants Spain to reconsider hosting the next World Cup with Morocco after the migration crisis in Ceuta

8:13 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

7:12 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North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards has withdrawn from his reelection campaign days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young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

7:05 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

6:56 AM on Wednesday, August 5

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

6:43 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Tennessee’s senior U.S. senator eyes a job change in a state primary on Thursday

6:23 AM on Wednesday, August 5

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms

6:11 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The immediate family members of U.S. troops have generally not been targets of immigration enforcement

5:38 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week

8:04 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

11:03 PM on Monday, August 3

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed are in a close race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan

11:01 PM on Monday, August 3

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