Politics & Government News

10:56 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have arrested Shaukat Nawaz Mir, leader of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee

10:35 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions and a new bank alert targeting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Mexico’s most powerful criminal group

10:06 AM on Tuesday, June 30

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Justice Department aimed at compelling New Hampshire to provide data on its voters

9:23 AM on Tuesday, June 30

An international coalition of human rights lawyers has sued Ghana, accusing the government of violating deportees' rights under a deal with the Trump administration

9:15 AM on Tuesday, June 30

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Denmark's parliament has asked the IOC to recognize its territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands as independent Olympic teams

7:36 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

7:25 AM on Tuesday, June 30

7:06 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people

6:45 AM on Tuesday, June 30

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Opposition and civil society groups in Congo are protesting a new ban on public demonstrations related to the Ebola outbreak there

6:01 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza

5:35 AM on Tuesday, June 30

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5:19 AM on Tuesday, June 30

U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar for meetings with mediators working to negotiate an end to the war with Iran

2:04 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home

1:29 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Britain's future military will focus on self-flying jets, uncrewed submarines and drones

5:05 PM on Monday, June 29

Charlie Kirk’s parents and his widow are expected to attend a key hearing in his murder case

7:14 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Thousands of African immigrants are leaving South Africa because of a rise in anti-migration anger that have sparked attacks against foreigners