Politics & Government News

7:43 PM on Thursday, May 28

A federal judge has ruled Alabama's use of nitrogen gas to carry out executions does not violate the U.S. Constitution

5:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

The U.S. State Department says it will designate Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move that the South American nation’s government has repeatedly said it will interpret as undue interference in its politics

4:55 PM on Thursday, May 28

Nearly 3 million Cubans are experiencing water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a U.S. energy blockade

4:51 PM on Thursday, May 28

ABC-owned TV stations across the U.S. are criticizing the Federal Communications Commission for an early review of their broadcast licenses

4:36 PM on Thursday, May 28

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4:34 PM on Thursday, May 28

With the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to refugee agency services, religious congregations have been filling the gap

4:12 PM on Thursday, May 28

In her new memoir, Jill Biden reflects on Joe Biden's poor 2024 presidential debate performance against Donald Trump

3:31 PM on Thursday, May 28

Brazilian prosecutors have launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs

2:59 PM on Thursday, May 28

Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of “60 Minutes."

2:11 PM on Thursday, May 28

Protesters have clashed with armed federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention center where advocates have asserted detainees are staging a hunger strike

2:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

Ohio is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots

12:20 PM on Thursday, May 28

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for a new partnership with the United States

11:00 AM on Thursday, May 28

Other southern states are advocating for South Carolina to remain the first to vote in the Democratic presidential primaries

10:50 AM on Thursday, May 28

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling

8:39 AM on Thursday, May 28

Michigan Democrats have turned their first statewide televised Senate debate into a fiery clash, exposing the party’s deep divide over how to rebuild after its 2024 losses

8:02 AM on Thursday, May 28

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago denies that his office has opened an investigation into E

7:12 AM on Thursday, May 28

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start talks on Iran’s nuclear program

12:10 AM on Thursday, May 28

French lawmakers have voted to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people in France's colonies

11:12 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Colombia is set to elect a new president and vice president in a vote Sunday seen as a referendum on President Gustavo Petro’s policies

4:10 PM on Tuesday, May 26

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has moved from suburban Maryland to downtown Washington, and not all spellers and their families appreciate the change