Politics & Government News

7:40 PM on Monday, September 15

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's administration over a kinship caregiver law funding dispute

7:37 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump says he would have ordered flags lowered to half-staff after the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker if the governor had asked, but Trump at the time refused to even call the governor

6:42 PM on Monday, September 15

A deadline looming, Congress is charging toward a federal government shutdown

6:35 PM on Monday, September 15

An FBI analyst has testified that a fingerprint on a rifle scope matches that of Ryan Routh, who is accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump

6:30 PM on Monday, September 15

Arnold Schwarzenegger is entering the national battle over U.S. House control

6:04 PM on Monday, September 15

Vice President JD Vance is jumping onto the conservative movement demanding consequences for those who have cheered Charlie Kirk’s killing, calling on the public to turn in anyone who says distasteful things about the assassination of his friend and political ally

5:54 PM on Monday, September 15

Zohran Mamdani’s bid for New York City mayor has amplified a rift within the Democratic Party

5:26 PM on Monday, September 15

TikTok users in the U.S. may get a reprieve from the threat of a shutdown after the Trump administration announced it has reached a framework deal with China for the ownership of popular social video platform

4:48 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis to combat crime, testing the limits of presidential power by using military force in cities

4:14 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel

3:43 PM on Monday, September 15

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda

2:17 PM on Monday, September 15

A potential strike that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week has been averted

2:00 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump has threatened to federalize Washington, D

1:41 PM on Monday, September 15

Vice President JD Vance says the national unity he's “desperate” for after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk cannot be had with people who condone political violence

12:05 PM on Monday, September 15

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions

11:20 AM on Monday, September 15

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States

8:34 AM on Monday, September 15

A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of TikTok

8:16 AM on Monday, September 15

The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel

3:40 AM on Monday, September 15

Qatar hosted a summit of Arab and Islamic nations in hopes of presenting a united response to Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders last week in Doha

12:13 AM on Monday, September 15

Windsor Castle staff are busy preparing for a grand event