Politics & Government News

10:49 PM on Sunday, August 2

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, has died

5:01 PM on Sunday, August 2

Key senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season

4:09 PM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump's announcements on Iran have followed a familiar course over the past five months

3:15 PM on Sunday, August 2

Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur is being treated for non-life threatening injuries after a car accident in Toledo

2:35 PM on Sunday, August 2

Dikra is a 20-year-old migrant from Morocco

12:35 PM on Sunday, August 2

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has confirmed his candidacy for what is likely his last reelection bid

11:44 AM on Sunday, August 2

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno says his former son-in-law, U

10:04 AM on Sunday, August 2

A new AP-NORC poll finds that immigration remains a relative strength for President Donald Trump, even after three people were killed in encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the span of under a week in July

8:19 AM on Sunday, August 2

Ceuta is grappling with the aftermath of a massive migrant surge

8:02 AM on Sunday, August 2

Even before there was a United States of America, there were patriotic songs

7:24 AM on Sunday, August 2

National Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin is said to be in survival mode

6:01 AM on Sunday, August 2

Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them

12:09 AM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump says he has decided to hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran after discussions with Gulf allies

9:40 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

5:19 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

4:21 PM on Saturday, August 1

Authorities in Peru say a plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines has crashed into a field outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people

2:22 PM 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

8:10 AM on Saturday, August 1

Hundreds of thousands of people are lining Amsterdam's canals for the city's annual Pride festival boat parade

7:06 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

12:30 AM on Saturday, August 1

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