Politics

What you need to know about the government’s 10% stake in Intel

By Hannah Grabenstein

Though the government has purchased portions of U.S. companies before, in recent history it was typically to save major corporations and protect the economy.

Senate confirms former national security adviser Mike Waltz as Trump’s UN ambassador

By Farnoush Amiri, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

Waltz served for mere weeks as Trump’s national security adviser before he was ousted in May after mistakenly adding a journalist to a private Signal chat used to discuss sensitive military plans.

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel decides not to run for governor in 2026

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Former Ohio State football coach and current Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel said Friday he won’t run for Ohio governor in 2026, easing the path toward a Republican nomination for biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.

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.