Politics & Government News

2:31 PM on Tuesday, August 12

As cities across California ban homeless encampments and Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages more sweeps, San Jose lawmakers are standing up against criminalizing homelessness

2:07 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

1:54 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country

1:50 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Two more Republicans have joined the growing list of candidates vying to become Georgia lieutenant governor in next year's election

11:33 AM on Tuesday, August 12

China says it's suspending all contact with Czech President Petr Pavel

11:29 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Lithuania's government plans to open nine drone training centers to teach thousands of people, including schoolchildren, skills in flying and building drones

10:59 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate

10:38 AM on Tuesday, August 12

10:35 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his lieutenant governor

10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis picks Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be Florida's lieutenant governor ahead of 2026

10:00 AM on Tuesday, August 12

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Syrian, U.S. and Jordanian officials say they will work together toward a permanent ceasefire in a southern Syrian region wracked by deadly sectarian clashes last month that threatened the country’s fragile security in the wake of its yearslong civil war

9:30 AM on Tuesday, August 12

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A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular

7:13 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network

6:53 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Less than a week after President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Intel’s CEO, shares of the chipmaker are rising after Trump said he had a “very interesting” meeting with Lip-Bu Tan

12:03 AM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going back decades who've denounced American cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention

4:58 PM on Monday, August 11

The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows

9:07 AM on Monday, August 11

Local health officials in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 55 people overnight, including a well-known journalist who Israel said was a militant and people who witnesses say were seeking humanitarian aid