Politics & Government News

4:53 PM on Monday, April 13

President Donald Trump used a McDonald's delivery to the Oval Office to promote a tax policy meant to benefit tip earners

4:32 PM on Monday, April 13

4:18 PM on Monday, April 13

Kim Kardashian is adding Broadway producer to her resume

4:15 PM on Monday, April 13

Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel

2:49 PM on Monday, April 13

A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory

2:30 PM on Monday, April 13

Texas Tech University System’s chancellor has ordered campuses to phase out programs focused on sexual orientation and gender identity

1:59 PM on Monday, April 13

The House Ethics Committee has begun an investigation into whether Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California engaged in sexual misconduct toward an employee working under his supervision

1:48 PM on Monday, April 13

A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese militant group will not abide by any agreements made in upcoming direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States

1:35 PM on Monday, April 13

Paul Dans has ended his Republican primary challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina

12:47 PM on Monday, April 13

The Trump administration has agreed to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February

9:51 AM on Monday, April 13

A former Nigerian oil minister has denied taking bribes in exchange for government contracts

9:49 AM on Monday, April 13

A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

7:03 AM on Monday, April 13

For the Trump family, business is booming

3:48 AM on Monday, April 13

The U.S. military has announced it will begin a blockade of Iranian ports, aiming to pressure Tehran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:18 AM on Monday, April 13

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters in a crowded contest with no clear leader

12:04 AM on Monday, April 13

The church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech is getting upgraded with a $1.2 million federal grant

11:55 PM on Sunday, April 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports

9:57 PM on Sunday, April 12

Thousands of Peruvians are back at the polls for a second day of voting

9:20 PM on Sunday, April 12

President Donald Trump is refusing to apologize to Pope Leo XIV after criticizing the pontiff's opposition to the war in Iran

7:35 PM on Sunday, April 12

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact