Politics & Government News

9:15 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Former Canada Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is writing a book about her nation's tense relationship with the United States

8:36 AM on Wednesday, June 10

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7:02 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The U.S. State Department says an American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, has been found dead

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2:40 AM on Wednesday, June 10

A man accused by Lebanese officials of being part of an Israeli intelligence plot took refuge in the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut over two months ago

1:45 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Swiss voters are taking up an unprecedented proposal to limit Switzerland’s population at 10 million in coming decades

12:06 AM on Wednesday, June 10

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U_S_ national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

12:05 AM on Wednesday, June 10

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power

7:47 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course

4:21 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa

12:18 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests

8:42 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have cast their ballots in another day of primary elections in America

8:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson have advanced to a runoff for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor while U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham won his own primary outright in his quest for a fifth term in November

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November

12:04 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have hosted primary elections, but much of the political world is focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins

11:58 AM on Tuesday, May 26