Politics & Government News

5:33 PM on Sunday, July 5

Canada is expected Monday to choose between German and South Korean bids to build a multibillion-dollar fleet of 12 submarines

4:59 PM on Sunday, July 5

President Donald Trump has posted a falsified image of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama boarding Air Force One covered with graffiti

12:59 PM on Sunday, July 5

Tennessee National Guard members assigned by the Trump administration to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man who authorities say turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit

11:40 AM on Sunday, July 5

President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa while attending the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey

11:03 AM on Sunday, July 5

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow has suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate

10:49 AM on Sunday, July 5

A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted

9:31 AM on Sunday, July 5

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to visit Syria soon, according to Syrian state media

8:35 AM on Sunday, July 5

The Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

5:01 AM on Sunday, July 5

Pope Leo XIV is going on summer vacation after a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026

3:00 AM on Sunday, July 5

Nigeria reports that two of its nationals were killed in South Africa following anti-immigrant protests targeting African workers

12:59 AM on Sunday, July 5

A Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea has killed one person, according to Moscow-installed officials

10:07 PM on Saturday, July 4

Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance

9:03 PM on Saturday, July 4

Prosecutors will present their case this week against the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk

8:47 PM on Saturday, July 4

Iran’s top officials and brothers of the country’s new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaling confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war

7:43 PM on Saturday, July 4

A pastor of a prominent underground church detained in China in October has been released, according to rights advocates

6:14 PM on Saturday, July 4

A massive demonstration has been held for a 35th consecutive day in the Albanian capital of Tirana, with protesters calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, the temporary replacement of his government by a government of technicians, constitutional reform and an end to corruption

4:03 PM on Saturday, July 4

A group of 150 people from 50 countries has become U.S. citizens at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate

2:33 PM on Saturday, July 4

Authorities in California say former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been involved in a hit-and-run and could face misdemeanor charges

12:45 AM on Saturday, July 4

A referendum in Slovakia to cancel lifelong payments for populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and other leaders has failed due to low turnout

10:14 PM on Friday, July 3

President Donald Trump has mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.”