Politics & Government News

3:54 PM on Friday, August 22

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has defended himself before lawmakers considering a petition to lift his immunity for prosecution on corruption charges

3:22 PM on Friday, August 22

3:10 PM on Friday, August 22

AP sources: Hegseth fires general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered Trump

2:21 PM on Friday, August 22

Gavin Newsom is having a moment

2:04 PM on Friday, August 22

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed Friday that the company is working with the Trump administration on a new computer chip designed for sale to China, it marked the latest chapter in a long-running debate over how the U.S. should compete with China’s technological ambitions

1:45 PM on Friday, August 22

When LaToya Cantrell became the first New Orleans mayor to be indicted while in office last week, there was no political precedent to turn to in order to understand how the following months will play out

1:29 PM on Friday, August 22

Britain's top diplomat has been given a formal warning for fishing without a license during a recent outing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance

12:47 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated

12:18 PM on Friday, August 22

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and Trump Jr. On Tuesday, the CFPB notified Public Square Holdings subsidiary Credova it was no longer under investigation

11:50 AM on Friday, August 22

11:19 AM on Friday, August 22

John Bolton, the former Trump national security adviser, whose home and office are being searched by federal agents, has been a vocal critic of the Republican president

10:45 AM on Friday, August 22

National Guard members who are on the streets in Washington for Trump's crackdown will soon be armed, military says

10:03 AM on Friday, August 22

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy

10:01 AM on Friday, August 22

The Associated Press has used an "efficiency gap" analysis to examine congressional elections in 2024 and other recent presidential election years

10:00 AM on Friday, August 22

Powell signals the Federal Reserve is open to cutting rates but gives no indication of the timing in Jackson Hole speech

7:03 AM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions against capital punishment

5:55 AM on Friday, August 22

Sri Lankan police have arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe over allegations of misusing public funds

12:01 AM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington to confront what the Republican president describes as an out-of-control crime wave in the Democratic-run city

9:12 PM on Thursday, August 21

3:43 PM on Thursday, August 21

Federal safety investigators and some members of Congress want to expand special safety rules that apply to trains carrying flammable material to many more trains, saying the risk to many U.S. communities is far greater than currently known