Politics & Government News

2:06 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Republicans want voters to think of working-class tax cuts when they weigh the economy and the 2025 law that President Donald Trump calls his “big beautiful bill.”

10:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing backlash after interrupting a panel at the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya

7:27 PM on Tuesday, May 12

6:01 PM on Tuesday, May 12

President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing is drawing attention for the spectacle China might present

5:02 PM on Tuesday, May 12

American presidents have navigated a verbal tightrope for nearly 50 years regarding official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China

4:30 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Bahamians headed to the polls in a general election preceded by intense, sometimes heated, campaigning across the islands that make up The Bahamas

3:36 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Tens of thousands of Argentines were flooding the streets of major cities nationwide to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system — a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country

2:54 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A federal judge has ruled that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant

1:51 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Republican senators say they need more details on a $1 billion security proposal for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump’s new East Wing ballroom

12:09 PM on Tuesday, May 12

FBI Director Kash Patel has strongly denied allegations of excessive drinking on the job

10:39 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief

10:18 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile as a key part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces

10:08 AM on Tuesday, May 12

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that armed conflict in Colombia over the past year has inflicted the worst impact on civilians in a decade

9:56 AM on Tuesday, May 12

West Virginia residents have cast votes for the first time since legislation passed last year that requires they present a valid photo ID in order to vote

6:08 AM on Tuesday, May 12

The 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran shares her experience in U.S. immigration detention

3:28 AM on Tuesday, May 12

A Philippine senator says he will fight any attempt to send him to the International Criminal Court to be prosecuted for an alleged crime against humanity and adds he never condoned extrajudicial killings when he led the country’s police force

2:02 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the rising cost of the conflict and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles

9:03 PM on Monday, May 11

The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska is too early to call

9:02 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape U.S. House districts have seen mixed outcomes

6:05 PM on Monday, May 11

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are preparing for a summit, with both China and the U.S. emphasizing stable ties