Politics & Government News

5:15 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

5:05 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Putin adviser says Russia-U.S. talks on ending the fighting in Ukraine were productive but that more work remains

4:16 PM on Tuesday, December 2

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many American mothers lost faith in the institutions that once shaped their lives

3:25 PM on Tuesday, December 2

2:59 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP food aid from Democrat-led states unless they provide recipient records

2:24 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The board of the South Florida college that’s giving away a valuable piece of property for Donald Trump’s future presidential library redid its vote to transfer the land

2:18 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Officials preparing immigration operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants, AP source says

2:13 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in the US, urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it

2:07 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is citing the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September

12:59 PM on Tuesday, December 2

British authorities have delayed a decision on a super-sized Chinese embassy in central London amid growing security concerns

12:53 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration's use of their work

12:20 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has announced he’ll seek reelection in what will be a critical race for a narrowly divided Senate

11:54 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Authorities have charged a Texas man with making threats online after they say a video showing him threatening to build a bomb and conduct a suicide attack was posted to TikTok and other social media sites

11:45 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Putin hosts U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner for talks on ending fighting in Ukraine

11:30 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died

11:26 AM on Tuesday, December 2

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine

11:10 AM on Tuesday, December 2

10:50 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Russian leader Vladimir Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging peace efforts with 'unacceptable' amendments to proposals

10:01 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to step down

5:00 AM on Thursday, November 20