Politics & Government News

6:42 AM on Friday, June 5

Washington, D.C., is gearing up for pivotal primaries this month to elect a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor

6:20 AM on Friday, June 5

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body

6:18 AM on Friday, June 5

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years

4:51 AM on Friday, June 5

The Senate has blocked a procedural vote on extending a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies

4:43 AM on Friday, June 5

A report by Britain's public spending watchdog shows that the former Prince Andrew made money by subletting cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades

2:03 AM on Friday, June 5

Peruvians are set to choose their ninth president in 10 years in a runoff election Sunday

11:33 PM on Thursday, June 4

The 2026 World Cup has drawn intense criticism from globe-trotting fans who over the years have helped define the tournament's festive atmosphere

11:05 PM on Thursday, June 4

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11

9:31 PM on Thursday, June 4

Democrats competing over a coveted congressional district in Manhattan have slugged it out during a heated debate

7:52 PM on Thursday, June 4

An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago

6:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

4:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals

3:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor

12:34 PM on Thursday, June 4

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy

9:38 AM on Thursday, June 4

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog

9:12 AM on Thursday, June 4

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies

1:57 AM on Thursday, June 4

Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration

12:45 AM on Thursday, June 4

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

11:05 PM on Wednesday, June 3

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been reseparated, despite a judge's order to reunite them

11:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks