Politics & Government News

10:43 AM on Monday, June 1

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek goddess Aphrodite

9:30 AM on Monday, June 1

9:12 AM on Monday, June 1

British authorities have blocked a Turkish American streamer Hasan Piker and political commentator Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. The Home Office said Monday that their electronic travel authorizations were canceled over concerns that their presence might not be conducive to the public good

7:55 AM on Monday, June 1

Montana voters will select nominees in Tuesday’s state primary to replace two prominent Republican incumbents: U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke

7:37 AM on Monday, June 1

South Dakota’s governor, the speaker of the state House, the state’s lone representative in Congress and a businessman will face off in a competitive Republican primary for governor on Tuesday

7:33 AM on Monday, June 1

Two candidates for California governor will emerge from a massive field of 61 hopefuls in a state primary on Tuesday, when voters will also select U.S. House nominees using a new map they approved in a 2025 ballot measure

7:23 AM on Monday, June 1

6:44 AM on Monday, June 1

New Jersey voters will nominate candidates for both chambers of Congress in a state primary Tuesday, including in the competitive 7th Congressional District

6:23 AM on Monday, June 1

6:13 AM on Monday, June 1

Candidates for New Mexico governor and other top state and federal offices will compete for their parties’ nominations in a state primary on Tuesday

5:50 AM on Monday, June 1

An international arbitration panel has rejected Rwanda's multimillion-dollar claim linked to a controversial refugee resettlement deal

4:33 AM on Monday, June 1

Newly appointed Prime Minister Péter Magyar says Hungary's government will amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok

3:51 AM on Monday, June 1

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base

3:10 AM on Monday, June 1

Venezuela's ruling party is facing internal divisions after 27 years of unity

2:59 AM on Monday, June 1

A Philippine senator has been arrested after a court ordered his arrest on a nonbailable charge of plunder

11:22 PM on Sunday, May 31

In 1976, Fela Kuti's song "Zombie" became a powerful protest against Nigeria's military rule

11:16 PM on Sunday, May 31

Ethiopians voted Monday in an election marked by insecurity, with the ruling Prosperity Party expected to secure a majority

8:28 PM on Sunday, May 31

Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to deliver a broad defense of independent institutions while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in Boston

8:08 AM on Sunday, May 31

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205

11:01 PM on Saturday, May 30

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend an annual parade honoring Israel, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights