Politics & Government News

9:29 AM on Saturday, May 23

Extra European Union border checks have been suspended at the Port of Dover

7:47 AM on Saturday, May 23

South African activists detained while trying to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza have alleged abuse by Israeli soldiers

6:41 AM on Saturday, May 23

France has banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behavior toward activists from a flotilla to Gaza

5:55 AM on Saturday, May 23

The Department of Justice is acknowledging it's removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot

5:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history

4:59 AM on Saturday, May 23

Democrat Chris Rabb seemed to be a long shot running for a congressional seat in Philadelphia

4:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

U.S. Muslim pilgrims have been preparing for this year's Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire, tensions and uncertainty in the Iran war

7:29 PM on Friday, May 22

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in India ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad

5:50 PM on Friday, May 22

David Brock Smith has won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Oregon

5:18 PM on Friday, May 22

A four-week conference at the United Nations to review the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons has ended without an agreement as the United States and Iran spar over Iran's nuclear program

4:38 PM on Friday, May 22

Argentine Nahuel Gallo, who spent 448 days imprisoned in Venezuela, is calling for the international community to increase pressure on the government of interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez to release other prisoners

3:38 PM on Friday, May 22

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after months of simmering tension

2:06 PM on Friday, May 22

The Trump administration is announcing a new policy that requires foreigners in the U.S. to leave and apply for a green card from their home country

2:05 PM on Friday, May 22

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a focal point in the debate over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

1:46 PM on Friday, May 22

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is facing new calls to resign from within his own party

8:38 AM on Friday, May 22

In pushing to prove his loyalty to President Donald Trump, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has agitated the same Republican lawmakers whose votes he may need to secure the permanent job

8:11 AM on Friday, May 22

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s determined to build a better Canada after Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith announced a public vote on whether to move toward independence

6:52 AM on Friday, May 22

Hundreds of Ukrainians have marched through Kyiv to demand that the government veto a bill they say could prematurely declare missing soldiers dead

9:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

Secretary of State Marco Rubio already faced a difficult task in soothing NATO allies anxious about President Donald Trump's often-abrupt announcements

5:24 AM on Thursday, May 21