Politics & Government News

3:02 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Colombia’s national soccer jersey has become the subject of controversy during the country's bitterly disputed presidential election

1:23 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has completed his obligations related to a prison sentence

10:49 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The Solomon Islands' new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China

10:17 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players make millions

10:07 PM on Tuesday, June 2

CBS News has fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley

8:26 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people

8:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Women in Sudan have shared their accounts of being abducted, raped and held for ransom by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

7:43 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is accusing one of his opponents in the Alaska primary — another Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan — of working with Democrats to boost the chances of his main rival, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola

12:01 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Canada is calling on the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the countries for another 16 years just as U.S. President Donald Trump revives talk of making Canada the 51st state

12:00 PM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

11:29 AM on Tuesday, June 2

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support

10:37 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce

9:25 AM on Tuesday, June 2

For a state that’s home to Hollywood, there isn’t much star power in California’s gubernatorial race

6:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts

11:08 PM on Monday, June 1

Senate Republicans are weighing their next steps after the Trump administration's announcement that it is scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund for the president's allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted

11:02 PM on Monday, June 1

Two Democrats and a Republican are leading in early returns in California’s crowded primary in the race to replace Gov. Gavin newsom

11:02 PM on Monday, June 1

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to a November runoff in her bid for reelection

11:00 PM on Monday, June 1

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will next try to flip the seat currently held by GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring

11:00 PM on Monday, June 1

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has clinched the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governor

7:10 AM on Monday, June 1

The retirements of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa have had ripple effects throughout Tuesday’s state primary, creating competitive nomination contests to replace them and a chain reaction of open seats down the ballot