Politics & Government News

4:51 PM on Friday, June 12

Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life

4:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds

4:15 PM on Friday, June 12

4:13 PM on Friday, June 12

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County’s main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds

4:06 PM on Friday, June 12

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table

4:06 PM on Friday, June 12

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

3:47 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement

3:31 PM on Friday, June 12

Organizations providing legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children say agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Health and Human Services attempted to enter their offices

2:58 PM on Friday, June 12

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky

1:48 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend

1:36 PM on Friday, June 12

Dana White and the UFC's journey to the White House began 25 years ago with a modest event in Atlantic City called “Battle on the Boardwalk.”

1:26 PM on Friday, June 12

The European Union has agreed to start membership talks with Ukraine next week

12:41 PM on Friday, June 12

Maine has begun counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor’s office and a pivotal U.S. House of Representatives race

12:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday

12:04 PM on Friday, June 12

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files

10:04 AM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

5:57 AM on Friday, June 12

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion

12:19 AM on Friday, June 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe

11:02 PM on Thursday, June 11

Defense lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk are asking a judge to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body

6:14 PM on Tuesday, June 9

California’s most prominent congressional elections for this fall’s midterms are now set, with two districts in particular ready to test Democrats’ redrawn U.S. House map