Politics & Government News

3:47 PM on Thursday, July 9

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his decision to visit Saudi Arabia despite its poor human rights record

1:41 PM on Thursday, July 9

The preliminary hearing for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has attracted intense national and significant international attention

11:59 AM on Thursday, July 9

African countries have secured $900 million in new financial commitments to expand access to clean cooking

11:30 AM on Thursday, July 9

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville does not meet the residency requirement to run for governor of Alabama

11:13 AM on Thursday, July 9

A South Florida airport has officially changed its name to the President Donald J

10:05 AM on Thursday, July 9

Mexico plans to request criminal charges over the deaths of 17 Mexicans in ICE custody or during immigration operations under the Trump administration

8:46 AM on Thursday, July 9

Migrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea say authorities have used the facility to quarantine a suspected Ebola patient

8:26 AM on Thursday, July 9

Democrats in Maine are beginning a sprint to nominate a new candidate for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat

5:22 AM on Thursday, July 9

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken about Turkey as well as U.S. moves in the Persian Gulf

5:06 AM on Thursday, July 9

4:36 AM on Thursday, July 9

Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves from around the world have gathered in Aalborg, Denmark, for the annual World Santa Claus Congress

3:30 AM on Thursday, July 9

Democratic socialists have recently won elections in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver

2:32 AM on Thursday, July 9

New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, according to the government

12:54 AM on Thursday, July 9

Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems

12:06 AM on Thursday, July 9

Nominations have opened in a Labour Party election to replace Keir Starmer as Britain's prime minister

11:51 PM on Wednesday, July 8

The funeral for Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was designed to showcase unity in a country that is bitterly split over his decades-long rule

9:06 PM on Wednesday, July 8

President Donald Trump's plan to build a triumphal arch that would alter the Washington, D.C., skyline has won initial approval from a key federal agency

2:39 PM on Wednesday, July 8

President Donald Trump says he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over

10:30 AM on Wednesday, July 8

A federal judge has ruled that E

10:16 AM on Wednesday, July 8

The Maine Democratic Party has voted to hold a convention now that Graham Platner has announced his departure from the U.S. Senate race