Politics & Government News

10:02 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

9:39 AM on Tuesday, August 26

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

8:31 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

6:46 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

6:09 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tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U_S_ attorney nominees is “old and outdated.”

4:39 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

4:35 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

9:29 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

8:26 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

8:19 PM on Monday, August 25

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

7:24 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

7:17 PM on Monday, August 25

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

5:54 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

1:50 PM on Monday, August 25

10:02 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

8:24 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

7:28 AM on Monday, August 25

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

7:27 AM on Monday, August 25

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

6:38 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

9:58 AM on Thursday, August 21

President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was accused of mortgage fraud