Politics & Government News

10:34 PM on Wednesday, May 13

BRICS foreign ministers have started a two-day meeting in New Delhi

9:12 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Miami residents have sued President Trump, Miami Dade College, and Florida officials over plans to donate downtown Miami property for Trump's presidential library

5:13 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections

4:59 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has returned to his show after being hospitalized for viral pneumonia

4:09 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed people

3:50 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia have reached a critical threshold to force a vote in the House

3:37 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Opposition figures in the Dominican Republic are criticizing a new agreement with the United States for the Caribbean nation to accept third-country deportees, citing transparency issues and sovereignty concerns

3:18 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing Wednesday in his reported request for 61 million reais ($12 million) from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro

1:54 PM on Wednesday, May 13

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve

12:56 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Official figures show that the number of people deported to El Salvador from the United States nearly doubled in the first months of 2026

10:45 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, is in the custody of federal immigration authorities, a possible step toward deportation

9:09 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdogs have named President Zelenskyy's former chief of staff Andrii Yermak as a suspect in a major graft probe

7:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs

6:54 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black U.S. House districts for this year's elections

6:19 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

6:07 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Malaysia’s maritime agency says Iranian-linked tankers are exploiting “jurisdictional gaps” to conduct ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned oil near its waters

5:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence

4:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws

2:50 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Russia has launched a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine, firing at least 800 drones across 20 regions of the country

9:28 PM on Tuesday, May 12

King Charles III has outlined the British government's legislative plans as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces pressure to stay in power