Politics News

December 05, 2020

Bill to criminalize doping schemes signed into law

A bill that will criminalize international doping conspiracies became law Friday with President Donald Trump's signature, ...

December 05, 2020

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, ...

December 05, 2020

EXPLAINER: Trump's failing, monthlong fight against election

President Donald Trump's frantic effort in the courts to delegitimize an election he lost has come no closer in a month to ...

December 05, 2020

Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia

The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a ...

December 05, 2020

Judge calls Trump request in Wisconsin lawsuit 'bizarre'

A judge hearing President Donald Trump's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin said ...

December 05, 2020

Appeals court rules for Trump taking military money for wall

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion ...

December 05, 2020

Surveillance tape breeds false fraud claims in Georgia

Surveillance footage of ballot processing on election night in Atlanta is fueling a false social media narrative of ...

December 04, 2020

Sheriff's Christmas tree 'thugshots' rub some the wrong way

Officials from an Alabama sheriff's department are being criticized for displaying a photo of a Christmas tree adorned with ...

December 04, 2020

US imposes visa restrictions on more Chinese citizens

The State Department said Friday that it would deny visas to Chinese citizens linked to overseas influence operations ...

December 04, 2020

Saudi Arabia says end to yearslong Qatar boycott 'in reach'

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday that an end to the yearslong boycott of Qatar by the kingdom and three other Arab ...

December 04, 2020

California attorney withdraws from Rittenhouse criminal case

A California attorney for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night ...

December 04, 2020

Pardon probe centered on clemency effort for psychologist

A California psychologist convicted of tax evasion was at the center of a mysterious, recently disclosed Justice Department ...

December 04, 2020

US intelligence director says China is top threat to America

China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II, outgoing National Intelligence ...

December 04, 2020

US adds Chinese chipmaker, oil giant to security blacklist

The U.S. government has stepped up a feud with Beijing over security by adding China’s biggest maker of processor chips and ...

December 04, 2020

Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his ...

December 04, 2020

Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info

The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building ...

December 04, 2020

Govt accuses Facebook of discriminating against US workers

The Trump administration is accusing Facebook in a lawsuit of discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with ...

December 04, 2020

Georgia investigating man's possible steps to vote illegally

Election officials are investigating the actions of a Florida lawyer who they say tried to register to vote in a high-stakes ...

December 03, 2020

Senate confirms Christopher Waller to serve on Fed's board

The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed the nomination of Christopher Waller for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, ...