Politics & Government News

6:51 PM on Saturday, May 23

The U.S. Secret Service says a man who opened fire near a White House security checkpoint is dead

6:37 PM on Saturday, May 23

Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado is planning to run for the job of Venezuela's president again

12:58 PM on Saturday, May 23

Clashes have erupted between protesters and riot police after a massive anti-government rally in Serbia's capital, Belgrade

12:29 PM on Saturday, May 23

Extra European Union border checks have been suspended at the Port of Dover

11:41 AM on Saturday, May 23

The travel industry is on edge after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated his threat to withdraw U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in so-called “sanctuary cities” in a move that could jeopardize international flights

10:47 AM on Saturday, May 23

South African activists detained while trying to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza have alleged abuse by Israeli soldiers

10:40 AM on Saturday, May 23

President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated.”

9:41 AM on Saturday, May 23

France has banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behavior toward activists from a flotilla to Gaza

8:55 AM on Saturday, May 23

The Department of Justice is acknowledging it's removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot

8:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history

7:59 AM on Saturday, May 23

Democrat Chris Rabb seemed to be a long shot running for a congressional seat in Philadelphia

7:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

U.S. Muslim pilgrims have been preparing for this year's Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire, tensions and uncertainty in the Iran war

12:02 AM on Saturday, May 23

Republicans are rushing to redraw congressional districts to their advantage after a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakened minority protections under the Voting Rights Act

10:29 PM on Friday, May 22

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in India ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad

8:50 PM on Friday, May 22

David Brock Smith has won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Oregon

8:18 PM on Friday, May 22

A four-week conference at the United Nations to review the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons has ended without an agreement as the United States and Iran spar over Iran's nuclear program

7:38 PM on Friday, May 22

Argentine Nahuel Gallo, who spent 448 days imprisoned in Venezuela, is calling for the international community to increase pressure on the government of interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez to release other prisoners

4:46 PM on Friday, May 22

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is facing new calls to resign from within his own party

9:52 AM on Friday, May 22

Hundreds of Ukrainians have marched through Kyiv to demand that the government veto a bill they say could prematurely declare missing soldiers dead

8:24 AM on Thursday, May 21