Politics & Government News

11:23 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has completed his obligations related to a prison sentence

8:17 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players make millions

8:07 PM on Tuesday, June 2

CBS News has fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley

6:26 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people

6:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Women in Sudan have shared their accounts of being abducted, raped and held for ransom by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

5:43 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is accusing one of his opponents in the Alaska primary — another Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan — of working with Democrats to boost the chances of his main rival, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola

3:35 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort

3:25 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The United Nations chief has proposed three options to help end the decades-old conflict between Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel when the 8,100-member U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon ends on Dec. 31

2:18 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to investigate the death of Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera in custody

10:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Canada is calling on the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the countries for another 16 years just as U.S. President Donald Trump revives talk of making Canada the 51st state

10:00 AM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

9:29 AM on Tuesday, June 2

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support

8:37 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce

6:27 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats have attacked the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during his first Senate hearing since being tapped by President Donald Trump

4:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts

2:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself

9:08 PM on Monday, June 1

Senate Republicans are weighing their next steps after the Trump administration's announcement that it is scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund for the president's allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted

9:02 PM on Monday, June 1

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that's looking increasingly in doubt

9:00 PM on Monday, June 1

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will next try to flip the seat currently held by GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring

5:10 AM on Monday, June 1

The retirements of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa have had ripple effects throughout Tuesday’s state primary, creating competitive nomination contests to replace them and a chain reaction of open seats down the ballot