Politics & Government News

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

3:59 PM on Friday, May 29

Crews have recovered another victim from a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state

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

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

1:41 PM on Friday, May 29

Ghana’s parliament has passed a bill imposing up to 10-year prison terms for promoting LGBTQ activities

1:36 PM on Friday, May 29

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year

1:20 PM on Friday, May 29

A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

1:17 PM on Friday, May 29

A federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship

12:26 PM on Friday, May 29

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

11:15 AM on Friday, May 29

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans

8:38 AM on Friday, May 29

Louisiana is enacting a plan to try to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House in November

8:33 AM on Friday, May 29

Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth

7:13 AM on Friday, May 29

U.S. President Donald Trump met with his advisers for about two hours but has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

6:47 AM on Friday, May 29

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government

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

2:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak

9:07 PM on Thursday, May 28

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been sentenced to two years in prison

9:01 PM on Thursday, May 28

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finished her interview with House lawmakers about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files

8:52 PM on Thursday, May 28

Romanian authorities say a Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania