Politics & Government News

News > Politics & Government News

RSS Feed

Congress approves measure to overturn Biden-era management plan for Alaska petroleum reserve

5:25 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Congress has passed a measure to overturn a plan enacted during the Biden administration that put off limits to oil and gas leasing nearly half a vast petroleum reserve in Alaska

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the America 250 celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File)

Army secretary set to meet with Zelenskyy to help with Ukraine peace talks, officials say

5:24 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks

Democratic senator accuses Trump of playing politics with aviation safety during shutdown

5:19 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth suggested during a hearing that the Trump administration was playing politics with the aviation system during the shutdown to force an agreement to reopen the government

US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat from Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

5:08 PM on Wednesday, November 19

US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat from Florida, indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

FILE - An aerial image of Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21, 2024. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP, File)

Trump administration extends order keeping Michigan coal online past closure date

4:15 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The Trump administration has once again extended the life of a Michigan coal-fired power plant

California facing projected $18B deficit as Newsom heads into his last year as governor

4:00 PM on Wednesday, November 19

California will face a projected $18 billion deficit next year, according to a report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office

Joe Biden to attend Dick Cheney's funeral, as Donald Trump continues to remain silent on his death

3:40 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Former president Joe Biden plans to attend Thursday’s memorial service for former vice president Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal grand juries, like the one in the Comey case, make major decisions in secret

3:14 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A dispute over whether an indictment will stand against former FBI Director James Comey has put attention on grand juries and how they work in U.S. federal courts

FILE - Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 23, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Appeals court pauses order restricting use of force by immigration agents in Chicago-area crackdown

3:11 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”

Trump urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to take Federal Reserve job

3:03 PM on Wednesday, November 19

For the second time in two days, President Donald Trump said he would like to appoint Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to chair the Federal Reserve

FILE - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Senate committee advances a Trump-aligned pick for HHS watchdog, a role long seen as nonpartisan

3:02 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A U.S. Senate committee has advanced a candidate openly supportive of President Donald Trump to be inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services

President Donald Trump walks on stage during the Saudi Investment Forum with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says allowing skilled immigrants to train US workers 'is MAGA'

2:45 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories

FILE - Migrants deported months before by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Judge to proceed with contempt probe after US flew migrants to El Salvador prison in March

2:07 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A federal judge says he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March

President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he'll push for peace in Sudan after Saudi crown prince urged greater US involvement

1:58 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump says he's turning his attention to helping find an end to the brutal civil war in Sudan

FILE - A monarch butterfly feeds on milkweed, July 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, file)

Trump administration seeks to roll back protections for imperiled species and their habitat

1:08 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer speaks at a campaign event in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a populist billionaire

9:54 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a Democrat

FILE - White smoke billows after an explosion at KK Park online scam center in Myawaddy township, Karen State, Myanmar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul, File)

Myanmar's military says it detained foreigners in raid on a second major online scam center

8:29 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Myanmar’s military government says it has extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to carry out the fraud

First ... 65 66 67 68 69 ... Last

Salem News Channel Today

Sponsored Links

On Air & Up Next

  • SEKULOW
    7:00PM - 8:00PM
     
    Jay Sekulow is widely regarded as one of the foremost free speech and religious   >>
     
  • The Charlie Kirk Show
    8:00PM - 10:00PM
     
    Charlie Kirk is the next big thing in conservative talk radio and he's now   >>
     
  • That Kevin Show
    10:00PM - 12:00AM
     
    Broadcast from the heart of Times Square, Kevin McCullough takes America’s   >>
     
  • Best of Salem
    12:00AM - 4:00AM
     
    From political insight and cultural commentary to faith-based reflections and   >>
     
  • The Chris Stigall Show
    4:00AM - 7:00AM
     
    Equal parts hilarity and desk-pounding monologues with healthy doses of skepticism and sarcasm.
     

See the Full Program Guide