Politics & Government News

5:59 PM on Monday, May 18

The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands concentrated in Western states

4:39 PM on Monday, May 18

Records show there’s 66 fewer active summer camps in Texas now compared to December

4:37 PM on Monday, May 18

The New York Times sued the Defense Department Monday for the second time in recent months over media access

4:34 PM on Monday, May 18

Retired three-time NBA champion Rick Fox has been appointed a senator for the main opposition party in the Bahamas after losing a bid for a legislative seat in last week's general election

4:32 PM on Monday, May 18

The U.S. says it's pausing participation on a joint board with Canada for continental defense that dates to World War II

3:36 PM on Monday, May 18

3:15 PM on Monday, May 18

2:59 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump has announced an expansion of his discounted-drug website, TrumpRx

2:14 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war

2:07 PM on Monday, May 18

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is railing against one of President Donald Trump’s chief Republican critics in Congress on the eve of a high-profile primary election

2:02 PM on Monday, May 18

Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has been charged in Miami with bribing officials for government contracts

1:59 PM on Monday, May 18

Followers of Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales have joined a massive protest movement against President Rodrigo Paz

1:58 PM on Monday, May 18

Palestinian health officials say a Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers as he tried to cross into Israeli territory from the occupied West Bank has died of his wounds

1:08 PM on Monday, May 18

A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state

1:08 PM on Monday, May 18

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. will give a 30-day extension for countries to import Russian oil already in tankers at sea

9:01 AM on Monday, May 18

The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law

8:12 AM on Monday, May 18

The Trump administration has announced the creation a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted

7:30 AM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a planned military strike on Iran at the request of several allies in the Middle East because “serious negotiations” are underway

6:15 AM on Monday, May 18

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming

3:01 AM on Monday, May 18

The Israeli military has intercepted boats in international waters off the coast of Cyprus, part of a flotilla attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza