Politics & Government News

2:30 PM on Thursday, August 21

12:11 PM on Thursday, August 21

Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones found filming scenes as politicians terrifying for new Netflix thriller show “Hostage.”

11:23 AM on Thursday, August 21

A Republican congressman from Texas, Chip Roy, says he's running for state attorney general

10:51 AM on Thursday, August 21

An Israeli citizen detained in Lebanon has been returned home after more than a year, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office

10:37 AM on Thursday, August 21

A New York appeals court has thrown out President Donald Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty

10:09 AM on Thursday, August 21

A closely watched report says the number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023

10:08 AM on Thursday, August 21

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries

9:49 AM on Thursday, August 21

James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, has died at age 89

9:45 AM on Thursday, August 21

James Dobson, whose conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family long fought abortion and gay rights, has died

9:33 AM on Thursday, August 21

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

8:34 AM on Thursday, August 21

7:37 AM on Thursday, August 21

Pakistan and China have pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

7:36 AM on Thursday, August 21

The death of a French streamer during a 298-hour broadcast has sparked controversy and a judicial investigation

7:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

American and European Union officials have released a bare-bones account of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States

4:49 AM on Thursday, August 21

A 95-year-old former North Korean soldier who spent decades imprisoned in the South will continue his campaign to return to the North, an activist said Thursday, after South Korean troops stopped his symbolic border march this week

11:06 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A new investigation reveals the risks of railroads policing their own bridges

6:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP

8:00 PM on Tuesday, August 19

8:36 AM on Tuesday, August 19

12:44 PM on Monday, August 18

Hurricane Erin has pounded the North Carolina coast with strong waves and gusty winds as it slowly moves out to sea