Politics & Government News

10:20 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Trump says tariffs on China are dropping from 57% to 47% after talks on fentanyl curbs with Xi Jinping

10:11 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally nearing its grand opening after two decades of anticipation

9:37 PM on Wednesday, October 29

People across the northern Caribbean are digging out from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa as deaths from the storm climbed

9:19 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces more than a dozen challengers as the Democrat seeks a third term

9:17 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Texans will vote on a large menu of constitutional amendments Tuesday

9:16 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Virginia will elect its first woman as governor as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin

9:15 PM on Wednesday, October 29

New Jersey voters will decide a competitive race for governor Tuesday in a contest that will be viewed through the prism of national politics regardless of who wins

9:07 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for next week's elections

9:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is pushing to build more homes to address the city's housing crisis

8:37 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades

8:00 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump says he has made deals with China after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the final day of his trip to Asia

6:52 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Vice President JD Vance called for a significant reduction in legal immigration during an appearance at a Turning Point event at the University of Mississippi

5:13 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

3:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

2:01 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump said he has decided to lower his combined tariff rates on imports of Chinese goods to 47% after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on curbing fentanyl trafficking

10:29 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Hurricane Melissa has left widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

9:20 PM on Tuesday, October 28

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands’ general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

5:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

2:35 PM on Sunday, October 26

9:21 AM on Tuesday, October 21

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say, the U.S. military has killed at least 61 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the South American coast