Politics & Government News

7:56 AM on Thursday, August 7

Two people were found dead in central North Carolina after rushing floodwaters pulled them from their submerged car

7:24 AM on Thursday, August 7

Vladimir Putin may be traveling abroad next week — for potentially pivotal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump — despite the Russian leader facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant

7:00 AM on Thursday, August 7

President Bill Clinton plans significant changes for this year’s Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting to address global development challenges

5:19 AM on Thursday, August 7

On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism was laid bare

5:03 AM on Thursday, August 7

Putin says the United Arab Emirates is a possible site for the meeting with Trump

4:02 AM on Thursday, August 7

When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question

4:02 AM on Thursday, August 7

President Donald Trump has repeatedly delivered for the conservative Christians who form the bedrock of his Republican support

3:12 AM on Thursday, August 7

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has been a career Democrat in the battleground state of Michigan but is now planning to run for governor as an independent

2:09 AM on Thursday, August 7

British border authorities have detained the first group of migrants under a pilot plan that will send some who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France

1:52 AM on Thursday, August 7

Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir saying they promoted a "false narrative" and "secessionism."

1:10 AM on Thursday, August 7

The Kremlin says a Putin-Trump meeting in the coming days has been agreed on, details to follow