Politics & Government News

News > Politics & Government News

RSS Feed

FILE - Togo's President of the Council of Ministers Faure Gnassingbe attends the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Togo detains French filmmakers over alleged immigration violations, advocacy group says

10:24 AM on Thursday, August 20

Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders says that two French filmmakers and their Togolese fixer have been jailed in Togo after more than three weeks in custody

FILE - A youth plays near the machine where the sugar cane is weighed in the Lima batey, or neighborhood, in La Romana, where Central Romana Corporation, Ltd. operates its sugar operations in Dominican Republic, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

US agency under scrutiny after watchdog warns of forced labor in Dominican Republic

10:15 AM on Thursday, August 20

U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces criticism after a watchdog group warns that forced labor persists on sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: The US national debt hits a record $40 trillion

9:55 AM on Thursday, August 20

The United States’ debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending

Bangladesh elects veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president

9:55 AM on Thursday, August 20

Bangladesh's Parliament has elected Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president after the former president's resignation

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers release 2 U.N. staff members more than a week after detaining them

9:50 AM on Thursday, August 20

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have released two United Nations staff members who they had detained more than a week ago, the U.N. says

Somali women displaced by drought sit at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

9:38 AM on Thursday, August 20

Six million people are facing acute food insecurity in Somalia while the World Food Program only has a tenth of the resources to help than it did during the country's last hunger crisis

Protesters hold signs with messages that read: "Free the prisoners, No one is happy except President Saied and Where is development? Where is freedom? You have destroyed our purchasing power", during a demonstration against President Kais Saied in downtown Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ons Abid)

New opposition group plans protest in Tunisia after extreme heat-driven power and water cuts

8:56 AM on Thursday, August 20

Tunisians are facing water and electricity shortages amid extreme heat, fueling anger at the country's leadership

FILE - Quebec Premier Christine Frechette is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Quebec’s premier says Canada-US trade talks are ‘far from over’

7:41 AM on Thursday, August 20

Quebec’s premier says Canada-U.S. trade negotiations are “far from over” and demanded more information from Prime Minister Mark Carney before deciding whether the emerging agreement adequately protects Quebec’s dairy and forestry sectors

Mourners carry the flag-draped bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the war with Hamas, whose remains were recently recovered from the rubble, in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Iran dismisses US economic threats, and other developments in the Middle East

6:15 AM on Thursday, August 20

Iran has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of economic pain and isolation

Soldiers participate in the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Yilan, northeastern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, Pool)

Why Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to the US and the world

6:05 AM on Thursday, August 20

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham faced criticism for saying national security was “not my thing” during a debate about Taiwan and the South China Sea

FILE - The Boston harbor and the city skyline are photographed, Oct. 28, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia

6:00 AM on Thursday, August 20

Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires barrage of missiles toward the sea after dismissing overture from Trump

4:32 AM on Thursday, August 20

South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

A man waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government gathering at a square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 20

Emails reveal that Iranian officials had significant influence over which Iranian immigrants in the U.S. were sent back to their home country in 2025, despite tensions between the countries

Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

UN aid chief warns Russian drones threaten civilians and aid work in Ukraine

3:35 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The U.N.'s humanitarian chief warns of the growing threat of drones against civilians and aid workers in Ukraine

FILE - Ukraine's Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks to journalists during a joint press conference with Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Zelenskyy fires a top aide amid a graft probe as Ukraine's ex-defense minister demands elections

3:29 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior official amid a corruption investigation involving a deputy head of the presidential office

Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion

6:03 PM on Monday, August 3

First ... 8 9 10 11 12 ... Last

Salem News Channel Today

Sponsored Links

On Air & Up Next

  • The Mike Gallagher Show
    9:00AM - 12:00PM
     
    Mike Gallagher is one of the most listened-to radio talk show hosts in America.   >>
     
  • The Alex Marlow Show
    12:00PM - 1:00PM
     
    From the mind of Breitbart News Editor in Chief and New York Times bestselling   >>
     
  • The Scott Jennings Show
    1:00PM - 3:00PM
     
    Jennings is battle-tested on cable news, a veteran of four presidential   >>
     
  • Best Stocks Now
    3:00PM - 4:00PM
     
    Bill Gunderson provides listeners with financial guidance that is both experienced and accomplished.
     
  • The Hugh Hewitt Show
    4:00PM - 6:00PM
     
    Hugh Hewitt is one of the nation’s leading bloggers and a genuine media   >>
     

See the Full Program Guide