Politics Episodes

The 46th Annual March for Life rally was held on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Friday afternoon, an event to demonstrate objections to the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision.

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The report by BuzzFeed, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, says that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress and that Cohen regularly briefed Trump on the Moscow project. The Associated Press has not independently confirmed the report.

Mike Pompeo and North Korea's former spy chief have started a meeting aimed at resuming efforts to end the isolated country's nuclear weapons program by arranging a 2nd summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The chairman of the House intelligence committee says that President Donald Trump's decision to reveal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Brussels and Afghanistan is "completely and utterly irresponsible in every way."

It took President Donald Trump one day to flex his executive power back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, denying her an aircraft to visit troops abroad in apparent response to her attempt to delay his State of Union address.

Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott is defending President Donald Trump's decision to reject a short-term fix to the partial government shutdown, indicating that he thinks Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is not acting in good faith.

If Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, gets its way, imam Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer will be forbidden from preaching in his small mosque because of his second love: Turkish rock music. Singing breaks a taboo.

Preppers are people who actively prepare for disasters like nuclear accidents or war. Now some survivalists in the UK are readying themselves for what they view as an imminent catastrophe: Brexit.

Masses of snow have brought life to a standstill in parts of Bavaria and Austria. Entire villages have been cut off from the outside world and the threat of avalanches grows with every snowfall. Many districts have declared a state of emergency.

Hunting has long been a popular pastime in France. But a spate of deadly accidents has many French people calling for the sport to be banned. Around a dozen people were killed during the last hunting season alone.

New House Democrats walked across the Capitol from the House to the Senate side to call for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass bills that would reopen parts of the government.

The government shutdown has caused for an outpouring of generosity throughout the country and chef Jose Andres has joined in by opening a kitchen and cafe to serve free meals to furloughed federal workers in Washington, D.C.

Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address, a move that AP's Jill Colvin calls a "political shot" at the president.

Dozens of furloughed federal workers visited the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to make a personal appeal to end the partial government shutdown because of the financial hardship it's causing.

Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler drew criticism at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday for his environmental rollbacks in six months on the job.

Shortly after the U.S. military said American service members were among those killed in an explosion during a routine patrol in Syria, Vice President Mike Pence declared the Islamic State "defeated" and its Caliphate "crumbled."

With shutdown negotiations deadlocked, the White House plans further meetings with rank-and-file lawmakers, as the Trump administration acknowledges the prolonged standoff is having a greater economic drag than previously thought.

Graham says Barr will 'do well' in Senate vote

U.S. Rep. Steve King has been making offensive comment for years, but only now is the Iowa Republican congressman facing intense criticism from his own party after he questioned why white supremacist ideology is offensive.

The House has approved a Democratic measure disapproving of Republican Rep. Steve King's comments about white supremacy. The nine-term Iowa congressman was among those supporting the measure, which was approved, 416-1.

Attorney general nominee Bill Barr says he would "not go after" marijuana companies in states where cannabis is legal.

Republicans are making life in the House less comfortable for Rep. Steve King, with one GOP leader suggesting Tuesday that the nine-term Iowan leave Congress after the latest in a string of his "racist" comments.

President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general says he doesn't believe special counsel Robert Mueller "would be involved in a witch hunt."

President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, William Barr, told senators at his confirmation hearing that "it is vitally important" that special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation.

President Donald Trump headed to New Orleans to promote his trade policies at a farm convention. On Day 24 of the partial government shutdown, Trump said he remained committed to to building his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.

President Donald Trump is issuing a staunch denial Monday that he ever worked for Russia, as he lobs attacks at the former federal officials who have launched investigations against him, calling them "dirty cops" and "scoundrels."

EU chiefs have wrote to Theresa May to stress they are "not in a position" to rewrite or amend the Withdrawal Agreement secured by Mrs May last year.

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said that any move by Parliament to try and frustrate Brexit would be seen by voters as a "betrayal" by the "deep state".

"Many people are sharing more online because they don't realize it could be used against them," says net activist Markus Beckedahl. He spoke to DW about data protection and IT security. Digital savviness doesn't just happen - it needs to be learned.

Pelosi signs federal worker back pay bill

Virginian federal workers recounted the impact of the government shutdown Friday as it is about to become the longest in U.S. history. Many received pay stubs with nothing but zeros on them, deepening anxieties about unpaid bills.

President Donald Trump tamped down expectations that he is close to declaring a national emergency to get the money he wants to build his U.S.-Mexico border wall as a three-week impasse closing parts of the government continued on Friday.

Experts say that President Donald Trumps' plan to declare a national emergency to pay for his border wall does not meet the level of crisis that the National Emergencies Act intended and is abuse of the law.

Vice President Mike Pence is pledging that the Trump administration will keep fighting to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

During a photo-op with fellow Democrats, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she would like President Donald Trump to "open up government so that we could have a discussion of the best way to protect our borders, secure our borders."

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas says he believes President Trump would be willing to accept a deal to end the partial federal government shutdown and enhance security at ports of entry, if funds for a border wall were included, too.

Cohen to testify before House oversight panel

Standing along the Rio Grande, President Donald Trump says "a lot of the crime in our country is caused by what's coming through here."

Sen. Bernie Sanders is apologizing to women who've shared experiences of harassment by male supervisors while working on his 2016 presidential campaign.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to make life better for workers, tenants, retirees, and even near-sighted first graders in a wide-ranging State of the City speech Thursday.

President Donald Trump arrives at a Texas border town to make the case for his long-promised border wall after negotiations with Democrats blew up over his funding demands.

Japan's prime minister has said that his country offers its "total support" to Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she thinks Wednesday's meeting with President Donald Trump was a "set-up so he could walk out." The meeting, part of negotiations to end the partial shutdown, ended after 14 minutes when Trump walked out.

A day after shutdown talks broke down once again, President Donald Trump threatened to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can't reach a deal with Democrats to fund his promised border wall.

Michael Gove sums up Labour's Brexit plans in one rude word during his speech in the House of Commons.

Russia's independent media outlets are coming under political pressure. Journalists have even received death threats. But many refuse to be intimidated.

Billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer said Wednesday that he will not run for the White House in 2020 and will instead focus on calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment.