Politics

Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care. Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue.

Federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against New York Times

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case.

Associated Press-NORC poll shows who still watches late-night talk shows

By Linley Sanders, Itzel Luna, Associated Press

Only about one-quarter of Americans say they have watched a late-night talk show or variety show at least monthly in the last year, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll was conducted…

Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea next month and he'll later go to China

By Didi Tang, Associated Press

In a Truth Social post afterward, Trump said Xi would come to the United states and noted the leaders made progress on "the approval of the TikTok Deal.

After Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended, a key question is: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

At issue in the Kimmel case is how much influence the FCC can bring to bear under its statutory authority and First Amendment protections for free speech.

House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown as Senate prospects appear dim

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The vote was 217-212 for the short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1.

WATCH: Kennedy's vaccine advisers decline to recommend COVID shot for all Americans

By Mike Stobbe, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

In a series of votes, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t specifically recommend vaccination but said people could make individual decisions.

Trump wants to designate antifa as 'a major terrorist organization.' Can he do that?

By Maria Briceño, PolitiFact

Although it is widely considered a political movement, antifa is not an organization with an official membership, leader or base for operations, and it is often organized into autonomous local groups.

WATCH: Johnson speaks after House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Prospects looked dimmer in the Senate, where the two parties show no signs of budging on the matter.

What to know about Brendan Carr, the head of the FCC

By Associated Press

Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched investigations of ABC, CBS and NBC news.