Politics & Government News

2:15 PM on Thursday, May 21

Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin have dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over voter registration information to the federal government

11:43 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Department of Health and Human Services is boosting its use of artificial intelligence to monitor audits from federal grant recipients

11:39 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal officials have cleared Pennsylvania to spend over $700 million to expand high-speed internet in rural areas

11:38 AM on Thursday, May 21

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Lebanese officials for allegedly maintaining Hezbollah's influence over state institutions

11:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

11:31 AM on Thursday, May 21

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has announced Ilya Espino de Marotta as the new head of the Panama Canal, starting October 1

10:07 AM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

9:34 AM on Thursday, May 21

A Turkish court has effectively removed the head of the country’s main opposition party by annulling a 2023 congress that elected him

9:34 AM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has called off plans to sign a new executive order on artificial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony

9:22 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations

9:09 AM on Thursday, May 21

Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced World Cup

9:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago

6:58 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Trump administration is loosening a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment

5:28 AM on Thursday, May 21

5:08 AM on Thursday, May 21

Berlin’s state parliament has given the go-ahead for the city’s bid to rehost the Olympic Games on or after the 100th anniversary of the 1936 Games staged by the Nazis

4:46 AM on Thursday, May 21

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants the EU to consider offering “associate membership” to Ukraine

10:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries

10:05 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion that says the right to strike is protected by a cornerstone labor treaty

9:04 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit has been sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for her role in a staggering $250 million fraud case

11:44 AM on Tuesday, May 19