Politics & Government News

12:19 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Incumbent Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis has declared victory for the Progressive Liberal Party in securing a second term in office in a snap election

11:58 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French President Emmanuel Macron has concluded his Africa visit with talks in Ethiopia

11:58 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The giant machines that will bore a train tunnel beneath the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey are being assembled

10:55 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit

10:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran

10:19 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French prosecutors have asked judges to sentence former President Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000)

9:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup

9:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties

8:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

8:04 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Union's energy commissioner says a jet fuel shortage can't be ruled out in the long term

7:55 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve

6:47 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Commission plans to urge all EU nations to ban gay “conversion therapy.”

5:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Turkey has lifted a restriction on direct trade with Armenia in a symbolic step toward improved relations

5:33 AM on Wednesday, May 13

A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs

1:38 AM on Wednesday, May 13

King Charles III delivered the government’s legislative program for the coming year at the ceremonial opening of Britain’s Parliament

9:19 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Americans paid more for their groceries in April, but high gas prices were only one of the reasons why

9:06 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Brad Raffensperger is trying to reintroduce himself to Georgia Republicans as he runs for governor

9:02 PM on Tuesday, May 12

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction

5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12

The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”

8:43 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China