Politics & Government News

7:04 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The State Department has fired a press officer responsible for drafting Trump administration talking points about policy toward Israel and Gaza

4:01 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum

3:31 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Texas House gives initial approval to new maps that would create up to 5 more winnable congressional seats for the GOP

3:23 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a legal claim against the city, alleging that her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass was followed by a smear campaign

2:26 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers to pass a bill that would boost camp safety

1:48 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal

1:44 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Appeals court allows Trump administration to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal

1:31 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony in Finland have marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be named the Polar Max and aimed at bolstering Arctic defense

1:23 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says it will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually

12:24 PM on Wednesday, August 20

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he blames a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some European leaders to recognize Palestinian statehood

12:13 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seeking to unite President Donald Trump’s base with traditional business conservatives in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026

11:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule

10:41 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Trump administration’s announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act

10:37 AM on Wednesday, August 20

A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts

8:12 AM on Wednesday, August 20

President Donald Trump has expanded his law-enforcement crackdown in Washington, D

8:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn’t leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that she committed mortgage fraud

5:34 AM on Wednesday, August 20

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives has passed a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress

2:55 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut the occupied West Bank in two

5:00 PM on Tuesday, August 19

5:00 PM on Monday, August 18