Politics & Government News

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

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."

2:43 PM on Thursday, May 28

An architect of the Senate bill that proposes to solve problems engulfing college sports says he heard the criticism right away, along with conversations of breakaway conferences, collective bargaining and ever-spiraling spending

2:23 PM on Thursday, May 28

1:46 PM on Thursday, May 28

President Donald Trump has claimed that the Obama and Biden administrations spent “hundreds of millions of dollars” to fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and alleged that renovations he is currently overseeing will be much more economical

12:48 PM on Thursday, May 28

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirms his agency has a design for a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump

12:16 PM on Thursday, May 28

In a city that has staggered from crisis to crisis in recent years, the sudden resignation of police Chief Brian O’Hara is again leaving Minneapolis looking for a way forward

11:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

The European Union’s foreign policy chief says securing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after the Iran war ends will require more ships

10:46 AM on Thursday, May 28

Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a protest festival near Washington, D.C., shortly before the midterm elections

10:28 AM on Thursday, May 28

The Trump administration's review of Mexico's 53 U.S. consulates has stoked worries among Mexicans in the U.S. that some could be shuttered, making it harder for them to access important services

9:45 AM on Thursday, May 28

State officials are defending their policies of limiting the issuance undercover license plates to federal immigration authorities after President Donald Trump’s administration sued them over the matter

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

8:21 AM on Thursday, May 28

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law

7:00 AM on Thursday, May 28

Harvard graduates heard from comedian and television host Conan O’Brien at their commencement

6:54 AM on Thursday, May 28

A federal judge is declining to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a national list of eligible voters and limit mail voting

11:30 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The crowded race for California governor still has no clear front-runner with only days left for voters to decide which two candidates to advance to the general election in November

11:02 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

11:02 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Stop AAPI Hate is an organization that rose to national prominence for its meticulous reports on anti-Asian hate incidents at the height of the pandemic

7:25 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration