Politics & Government News

3:14 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies are dwindling in Congress

2:52 PM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump's tax legislation included a provision called "Trump Accounts," which gives $1,000 to every newborn if their parents open an account

2:17 PM on Tuesday, December 2

An academic society says it has banned former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers from “attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating” at its events for life

2:15 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The White House and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have each lent support for a bill designed to regulate college sports that has been criticized by opponents as a giveaway to the NCAA and its most powerful schools

2:15 PM on Tuesday, December 2

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

2:05 PM on Tuesday, December 2

Putin adviser says Russia-U.S. talks on ending the fighting in Ukraine were productive but that more work remains

1:54 PM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump's latest Cabinet meeting lasted over two hours

1:16 PM on Tuesday, December 2

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many American mothers lost faith in the institutions that once shaped their lives

12:25 PM on Tuesday, December 2

11:58 AM on Tuesday, December 2

This year's U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is a 53-foot-tall red fir from the Carson Ranger District in Nevada

11:24 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S. The operation, which could begin soon, targets people in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area with final deportation orders

11:13 AM on Tuesday, December 2

A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and assault charges

11:07 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is citing the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September

10:22 AM on Tuesday, December 2

President Donald Trump has announced plans to reconstruct Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia

10:14 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes

9:53 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration's use of their work

7:02 AM on Tuesday, December 2

U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s assertion to consider the country’s airspace closed

6:00 AM on Tuesday, December 2

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday over a peace plan to end the war with Ukraine

5:00 AM on Tuesday, December 2

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children

3:01 AM on Tuesday, December 2

A Democrat who served four years as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate bid is running for governor in the battleground state