Politics & Government News

7:34 AM on Thursday, June 11

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan says it has documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women, from Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan

5:04 AM on Thursday, June 11

Trump’s immigration crackdown has met with fierce resistance in Democratic-led sanctuary cities, where police are forbidden from assisting and many locals view the masked federal agents as an invading force

3:29 AM on Thursday, June 11

Chandelier and lamps reminiscent of “Harry Potter” or “Titanic” have been installed in Mexico City's busy Hidalgo metro station

1:38 AM on Thursday, June 11

French and Swiss authorities are imposing pandemic-like border restrictions as the G7 summit begins

12:01 AM on Thursday, June 11

Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California’s Central Valley

7:51 PM on Wednesday, June 10

President Donald Trump's UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn requires a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and about $60 million

6:30 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A new report by the National Park Service says construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near the Lincoln Memorial could occur 20 hours per day, year-round, as officials push to complete the project within three years

6:27 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week

5:34 PM on Wednesday, June 10

A federal judge has rejected a government watchdog’s request for a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from forging ahead with a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

5:29 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Saudi Arabia has ended its five-year ban on Lebanese imports, a significant move to rebuild relations between Lebanon and Gulf countries

5:16 PM on Wednesday, June 10

The Florida Supreme Court has allowed the use of a new U.S. House map drawn by Republicans in the midterm elections

5:10 PM on Wednesday, June 10

The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information

1:08 PM on Wednesday, June 10

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated

12:19 PM on Wednesday, June 10

The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has killed at least one person

10:07 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Veteran Japanese politician Yohei Kono has died at 89

8:28 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The U.S. has launched airstrikes against Iran, and President Donald Trump says more are coming, as Tehran fired back at countries in the region

6:19 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank

6:01 AM on Wednesday, June 10

China is hosting an international conference in Xinjiang to promote economic development efforts in the northwestern region, which once was the site of mass political detentions

12:10 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier

11:59 AM on Tuesday, May 26