Politics & Government News

9:06 AM on Saturday, May 30

Colombia has rejected a move by Ecuador’s president to eliminate tariffs on Colombian imports because of a commitment made to an opposition candidate

7:26 AM on Saturday, May 30

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself from a case involving Georgia election records

7:07 AM on Saturday, May 30

Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkey’s main opposition party have marched through Ankara to rally behind their deposed leader

6:58 AM on Saturday, May 30

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will meet with officials in the Dominican Republic as part of an official two-day trip that included a stop in neighboring Haiti

5:57 AM on Saturday, May 30

Some New Jersey voters are starting to notice Tom Kean Jr.’s monthslong absence from Congress due to an undisclosed medical issue

5:54 AM on Saturday, May 30

Public demand and the increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics in an effort to search for accountability

5:50 AM on Saturday, May 30

Many of the convicted rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are clamoring for payouts from the nearly $1.8 billion settlement that the Trump administration has set up for people claiming to be victims of a weaponized government

12:57 AM on Saturday, May 30

A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan has overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 36

9:04 PM on Friday, May 29

Iowa Democrats are deciding between Josh Turek and Zach Wahls in Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary

8:19 PM on Friday, May 29

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington remains committed to the Indo-Pacific region while softening past comments that described China as an imminent threat

8:13 PM on Friday, May 29

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

6:18 PM on Friday, May 29

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child

4:02 PM on Friday, May 29

The top U.S. commander in Latin America has met with Cuban military leaders in a “brief exchange on operational security matters” near the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay

3:56 PM on Friday, May 29

President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidates in three contested gubernatorial primaries, where competition for his backing has dominated the contests

3:40 PM on Friday, May 29

The U.S. has called for the release of Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera, who is in critical condition in a hospital

2:57 PM on Friday, May 29

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the U.S. This move follows Beijing's decision to expel Vivian Wang, a New York Times correspondent, apparently over a DealBook event featuring Taiwan's leader

1:43 PM on Friday, May 29

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has sent state police to establish designated protest zones and vehicle checkpoints outside an immigration detention center in Newark

5:25 AM on Friday, May 29

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing it for major renovations

2:00 AM on Friday, May 29

Democrats gathering this weekend in South Carolina are feeling jubilant following the failure of a GOP-led effort to redraw House district lines more favorably to Republicans

11:31 AM on Monday, May 11