Politics & Government News

5:01 AM on Thursday, July 30

The European Union plans to invest 10 billion euros to build seven AI gigafactories, aiming to catch up with the U.S. and China

4:06 AM on Thursday, July 30

A new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting

2:01 AM on Thursday, July 30

Police have detained a former TV actor-turned-mayor in the latest wave of arrests targeting the opposition

11:04 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Voters in Manchester are electing a new mayor Thursday to replace Andy Burnham, who left the job to become Britain’s prime minister

11:01 PM on Wednesday, July 29

President Donald Trump says car companies are thriving due to tariffs and other key policies he's instituted as president

6:57 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Cuba has loosened restrictions on private businesses to allow imports of foreign goods and medicines, a sector firmly controlled by the Communist-led government

5:56 PM on Wednesday, July 29

A witness to a fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration agent has been released from a detention facility

5:35 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Senate negotiators are working to resolve thorny differences with leaders of the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences over revisions to a bill designed to regulate college sports that sponsors want a vote on before the chamber goes on summer break next week

5:29 PM on Wednesday, July 29

The townspeople of St. Mary’s can now breathe a sigh of relief

3:33 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Dr. Anthony Fauci's private COVID-era diary became a focal point in a Senate hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul

3:05 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Italy’s highest court has ruled that children born with both Italian and another citizenship do not automatically lose their Italian citizenship if a parent naturalizes abroad

2:30 PM on Wednesday, July 29

A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state’s primary election are not allowed to void those and request a new one

11:35 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general has stalled as lawmakers scrapped a planned committee vote

10:12 AM on Wednesday, July 29

The billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app has repeatedly run into trouble with both the Kremlin and Western officials as he cast himself as a champion of free speech

10:12 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Sen. Lindsey Graham is being buried in South Carolina, where a funeral in the state capital drew people who remembered him for never forgetting his roots as the son of pool hall owners

9:49 AM on Wednesday, July 29

President Donald Trump and his administration are asking the Supreme Court to dismiss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E

7:28 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

6:33 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Federal officials have misled judges, submitted false statements and withheld key facts during the course of the investigation into former FBI director James Comey

4:03 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

6:38 PM on Tuesday, July 28

CBS's "60 Minutes" has announced a slate of new correspondents and contributors for its 59th season