Politics & Government News

2:12 AM on Friday, July 3

Moldova’s Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu has announced his resignation, triggering the government's resignation

11:31 PM on Thursday, July 2

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned senators who blocked changes to the social media ban for children

11:20 PM on Thursday, July 2

10:42 PM on Thursday, July 2

The far-right Alternative for Germany is in a buoyant mood as it holds a convention this weekend

9:02 PM on Thursday, July 2

President Donald Trump has reshaped the U.S. Senate map by sidelining some Republican incumbents and promoting loyalists

6:41 PM on Thursday, July 2

Officials say a man with a Tibetan flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York set himself on fire and died

6:34 PM on Thursday, July 2

A group of Democratic governors is asking the U.S. Postal Service to withdraw its proposed rule to comply with an executive order that seeks to create a federal list of eligible voters, including those eligible to receive a ballot by mail

5:10 PM on Thursday, July 2

A federal judge is demanding firmer commitments from the Trump administration regarding plans to renovate a historic golf course in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes expressed concern Thursday over President Donald Trump's recent social media statements about starting renovations on the East Potomac Golf Links

4:16 PM on Thursday, July 2

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Canada for the first visit by a Philippine leader in more than a decade as the two countries deepen economic and security ties

4:03 PM on Thursday, July 2

Michael Scurr, a volunteer at Britain’s National Archives, has discovered a rare early copy of the Declaration of Independence

3:28 PM on Thursday, July 2

President Donald Trump has been warning recently that communism will pose a threat to the U.S. if Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections

2:46 PM on Thursday, July 2

The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County

12:03 PM on Thursday, July 2

A former Olympian has been indicted on a felony charge for alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

11:47 AM on Thursday, July 2

Canada moved to advance a Pacific Coast pipeline from Alberta as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to diversify oil exports beyond the United States while easing separatist tensions and preserving environmental protections on British Columbia’s northern coast

9:10 AM on Thursday, July 2

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez has defended her government's response to last week's devastating earthquakes

8:17 AM on Thursday, July 2

Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend

7:26 AM on Thursday, July 2

Albanian police clashed with protesters in Tirana during a demonstration against government corruption and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump

5:31 AM on Thursday, July 2

President Donald Trump is launching Trump Accounts on July 4, aiming to boost financial independence for children born during his second term

5:08 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from charging markups on discounted drugs for Medicare patients and says that could save consumers $1.1 billion next year, according to estimates obtained by the AP

2:16 AM on Thursday, July 2

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologized for the British state's role in separating unmarried mothers from their babies