Politics & Government News

10:44 AM on Friday, May 29

The White House is moving to give political appointees more control over federal grants

7:57 AM on Friday, May 29

A Brazilian court has ruled that officials must restore and preserve Fordlandia

6:46 AM on Friday, May 29

UK prosecutors allege a Greek national traveled to Britain on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to conduct surveillance on a journalist critical of the Iranian regime

5:35 AM on Friday, May 29

5:14 AM on Friday, May 29

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican

4:15 AM on Friday, May 29

Officials say the European Union will unlock 16.4 billion euros or around $19 billion in funds for Hungary after recently elected Prime Minister Péter Magyar enacted rapid reforms

3:33 AM on Friday, May 29

A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children

3:32 AM on Friday, May 29

A Philippine anti-graft court has ordered the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over allegations of pocketing millions in a flood-control project

3:31 AM on Friday, May 29

Many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry nationwide that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities

3:29 AM on Friday, May 29

A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children

2:00 AM on Friday, May 29

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is running for reelection after a tough first term

11:03 PM on Thursday, May 28

President Vladimir Putin is facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians and appears ready to change the narrative around the conflict

10:34 PM on Thursday, May 28

The Philippines' top diplomat says Southeast Asian leaders will hold a commemorative summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia in June

7:10 PM on Thursday, May 28

Vietnam’s leader To Lam is warning that the war in the Middle East has shown how important strategic waterways can be to the world as a whole

3:35 PM on Thursday, May 28

A court investigation found that a federal judge had an affair with a police officer, including having sex in chambers overheard by staff, but remains on the bench with a “private reprimand.”

12:55 PM on Thursday, May 28

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo denies an agreement with the U.S. for anti-drug trafficking operations in Guatemala

9:39 AM on Thursday, May 28

Martina McBride, Morris Day, the Commodores and Young MC have all announced they will not perform at “The Great American State Fair” on Washington's National Mall

7:25 AM on Thursday, May 28

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer has backtracked on an earlier comment about running for president in 2028, saying she has “nothing to announce.”

6:07 AM on Thursday, May 28

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups

11:30 AM on Monday, May 11