Politics & Government News

3:16 PM on Sunday, July 19

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance have welcomed their fourth child

6:40 AM on Sunday, July 19

The Justice Department has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to weigh government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the United States

6:28 AM on Sunday, July 19

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is benefiting from tens of millions in pro-Israel spending in her race to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan

6:05 AM on Sunday, July 19

Rep. Andy Biggs and Rep. David Schweikert are clashing in the Republican primary for Arizona governor

4:53 AM on Sunday, July 19

Authorities in Guyana say a ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew has capsized

12:23 AM on Sunday, July 19

China's top anti-graft watchdog has announced an investigation into a former president of China Development Bank

9:01 PM on Saturday, July 18

President Donald Trump has presented the World Cup trophy to Spain, the winner of Sunday’s final against Argentina

1:13 PM on Saturday, July 18

Hungary's president has signed a constitutional amendment ending his term, resolving a dispute with the new government

8:33 AM on Saturday, July 18

David Crowley has reentered Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, two weeks after suspending his campaign

7:29 AM on Saturday, July 18

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has attracted national attention and praise from across the political left with his sweeping indictments of President Donald Trump

7:06 AM on Saturday, July 18

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has rejected a request from lawyers for former President Jair Bolsonaro for him to be visited under house arrest by Argentine President Javier Milei

6:15 AM on Saturday, July 18

Donald Trump has shifted his tone on former President Jimmy Carter, whom he once sharply criticized

6:12 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Associated Press has surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice

10:26 PM on Friday, July 17

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

10:16 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

10:14 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

2:07 PM on Friday, July 17

A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation says he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber

5:15 AM on Friday, July 17

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