Politics & Government News

4:34 PM on Monday, August 18

A judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog organization

3:03 PM on Monday, August 18

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting in the Oval Office was notably different from their last encounter in February

2:25 PM on Monday, August 18

1:56 PM on Monday, August 18

Trump says the US would back European security guarantees for Ukraine to help end the war with Russia

1:46 PM on Monday, August 18

Trump says he'll talk to Putin after meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House

1:29 PM on Monday, August 18

Zelenskyy signals he's open to having a trilateral meeting with Trump and Putin to negotiate end to Russia-Ukraine war

1:15 PM on Monday, August 18

Zelenskyy arrives at White House for talks on the Russia-Ukraine war with Trump and other European leaders

12:16 PM on Monday, August 18

The military junta in Burkina Faso has declared the United Nations resident coordinator as “persona non grata” on its territory

11:46 AM on Monday, August 18

The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss

11:43 AM on Monday, August 18

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67 million in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

11:00 AM on Monday, August 18

10:55 AM on Monday, August 18

The foreign ministers of India and China have met in New Delhi in a renewed effort by the nuclear-armed Asian rivals to ease tensions after a five-year border standoff

10:11 AM on Monday, August 18

Texas Democrats say they're ending two-week walkout that stalled gerrymandered US House maps and returning to Capitol

9:14 AM on Monday, August 18

The television network MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of its corporate divorce from NBC

7:16 AM on Monday, August 18

Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state Treasurer Stacy Garrity will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid in 2026

7:02 AM on Monday, August 18

Democratic leaders are lauding Ohio's Sherrod Brown now that he's launched his 2026 campaign to return to the U.S. Senate

4:26 AM on Monday, August 18

At least 25 people are missing after a boat capsized Sunday on a river in northwestern Nigeria

11:51 PM on Sunday, August 17

A federal judge considered whether detainees have been denied their legal rights at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades

8:22 PM on Sunday, August 17

5:29 PM on Sunday, August 17