Politics & Government News

6:40 PM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is claiming that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and says that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now

2:19 PM on Saturday, August 1

Sen. Darline Graham has made her political debut in South Carolina, stepping into the spotlight after her brother Lindsey Graham's death to advocate for President Donald Trump's policy priorities

1:29 PM on Saturday, August 1

The two-month tenure of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence will officially come to an end on Monday

11:29 AM on Saturday, August 1

Colombia’s government blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog

11:22 AM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is sharply criticizing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following a recent renovation was caused by shoddy construction rather than vandals

7:13 AM on Saturday, August 1

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said her family was “desperate” and “begging for help" in the disappearance of her mother

6:49 AM on Saturday, August 1

Venezuelans are looking at the latest round of talks between the ruling party and the opposition with cautious optimism after several failed negotiations

6:48 AM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump is threatening to push forward with a fund to compensate his allies if two Republican holdouts won’t support his nominee for attorney general

6:15 AM on Saturday, August 1

Travelers at a major border crossing between Croatia and Serbia faced hourslong waits on Saturday due to peak summer holiday traffic

5:29 AM on Saturday, August 1

Democrats are seeing a fresh opportunity for an upset in a northeast Ohio congressional seat

4:48 AM on Saturday, August 1

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland says he's concerned that President Trump might use federal power to influence the fall elections

4:06 AM on Saturday, August 1

Investors looking to get a jump on White House announcements will be able to buy sneak peeks starting Saturday as a Trump family company starts selling special, fast access to the president's posts on social media

1:18 AM on Saturday, August 1

Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco

9:30 PM on Friday, July 31

When he heard that the border was breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and rode as fast as he could to join the tens of thousands of other Moroccans who swam en masse to reach Spanish territory

9:27 PM on Friday, July 31

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has shifted some of Britain's political power from London to Manchester with "No_ 10 North."

9:00 PM on Friday, July 31

President Donald Trump has for months pressured the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates, claiming it would be “Rocket Fuel!”

7:16 PM on Friday, July 31

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences have agreed to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral

12:47 PM on Friday, July 31

President Donald Trump says his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it

7:53 AM on Friday, July 31

A main development in the Middle East is that the White House is signaling that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on Iran

10:03 AM on Thursday, July 30

Thousands of migrants have entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco, with at least 57 dying in the attempt, prompting local officials to seek help from Spain's national government