Politics & Government News

5:09 PM on Friday, August 14

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years

2:59 PM on Friday, August 14

Lawmakers have killed a plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California

2:45 PM on Friday, August 14

A super PAC affiliated with U.S. House Democrats plans to increase its campaign advertising reservations in Cleveland, Ohio, by roughly $6 million on Friday, in response to Republican Rep. Max Miller’s decision to proceed with his reelection campaign despite allegations of abuse by his ex-wife Emily Moreno

2:37 PM on Friday, August 14

While talks to end the Iran war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators haven't succeeded so far

1:46 PM on Friday, August 14

Congressman Russell Fry says he's supporting Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate primary runoff

12:56 PM on Friday, August 14

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says the United States has revoked his visa

12:46 PM on Friday, August 14

A Massachusetts mayor has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining pandemic loans

12:24 PM on Friday, August 14

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families

11:48 AM on Friday, August 14

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families

11:31 AM on Friday, August 14

France's top court has struck down a law banning children under 15 from using social media, saying it infringes on fundamental freedoms

9:54 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work

9:33 AM on Friday, August 14

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family

7:56 AM on Friday, August 14

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes

5:00 AM on Friday, August 14

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power

1:14 AM on Friday, August 14

Nigel Farage has regained his seat in Parliament, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties

12:05 AM on Friday, August 14

Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for Iowa governor, says he's bringing a different message to Iowans

12:03 AM on Friday, August 14

As traumatic injuries and deaths continue to surge among the youngest e-bike riders, officials across the country are taking different paths to tackle a growing epidemic

2:17 PM on Thursday, August 13

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln

10:42 PM on Tuesday, August 11

Zambia awaits the results of an election that will decide if President Hakainde Hichilema gets a second five-year term as a reward for his economic recovery plan in the southern African nation

8:32 AM on Tuesday, August 11