Politics & Government News

12:22 PM on Sunday, May 17

Mexican officials say at least 10 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen in the state of Puebla

12:01 PM on Sunday, May 17

It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear

10:24 AM on Sunday, May 17

Officials say that more than 80 children are missing after suspected militants attacked schools in Nigeria in the past week

8:53 AM on Sunday, May 17

Taiwan’s president says arms purchases from the United States are crucial for regional stability, after President Donald Trump questioned continued U.S. support for Taiwan following his visit to China

8:24 AM on Sunday, May 17

Thousands of people have streamed onto the National Mall in Washington for a daylong prayer rally

7:51 AM on Sunday, May 17

Peruvian electoral authorities have confirmed the results of the first round of presidential elections

6:05 AM on Sunday, May 17

Parents with newborns in intensive care units have long faced a difficult but overlooked plight: Any parental leave they might have does not take into account the days or even months their newborns spend in intensive care

6:03 AM on Sunday, May 17

Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.-Mexico border

5:12 AM on Sunday, May 17

The year was 1965 and Black Americans had come to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate peacefully voting rights

4:08 AM on Sunday, May 17

Three Finnish divers have arrived in the Maldives to help search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be in an underwater cave

4:06 AM on Sunday, May 17

The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died

1:01 AM on Sunday, May 17

Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics

7:39 PM on Saturday, May 16

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules

3:47 PM on Saturday, May 16

Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap

1:04 PM on Saturday, May 16

12:33 PM on Saturday, May 16

A former mayor allied with presidential candidate Abelardo de La Espriella was shot dead in Colombia’s heartland, local authorities say

7:50 AM on Saturday, May 16

The USS Gerald R

5:14 AM on Saturday, May 16

President Donald Trump has returned from his state visit to China to face a challenging U.S. economy

8:58 PM on Friday, May 15

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming have advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary

8:57 PM on Friday, May 15

Thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to mobilize support for voting rights amid concerns about redistricting efforts