Politics & Government News

3:26 AM on Friday, August 28

A tribal monarch in Uganda who ascended his ancient throne as an infant and fascinated world leaders as a boy king has died

12:14 AM on Friday, August 28

The Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the ways that the United States and Israel had hoped

10:03 PM on Thursday, August 27

Quebec’s governing party has opened the provincial election campaign by casting U_S_ President Donald Trump as its “real adversary.”

9:41 PM on Thursday, August 27

A federal judge is once again blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections

7:37 PM on Thursday, August 27

The Tohono O’odham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall

5:43 PM on Thursday, August 27

Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work

5:29 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states

4:24 PM on Thursday, August 27

Zambia's main opposition leader has been arrested on allegations of treason following a troubled election two weeks ago

4:22 PM on Thursday, August 27

Judge Christopher Cooper has expressed skepticism about the Kennedy Center's plan to quickly add President Donald Trump's name to the building

4:13 PM on Thursday, August 27

Federal immigration authorities have arrested dozens of people in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, this week, despite intense opposition from elected officials and protesters

3:36 PM on Thursday, August 27

Mauritania says it intercepted a boat carrying 161 migrants trying to reach Europe

3:35 PM on Thursday, August 27

Some Republican candidates are quietly distancing themselves from President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress

3:06 PM on Thursday, August 27

The Pentagon is pressing NATO allies to show how they're upping their defense of Europe as the U.S. focuses on security challenges elsewhere

2:32 PM on Thursday, August 27

Republican North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards has implored House colleagues to reconsider an Ethics Committee report that found he engaged in persistent, unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two female aides and recommended his censure

1:53 PM on Thursday, August 27

Federal investigators say the ongoing White House construction contributed to radio problems that kept air traffic controllers from hearing the calls warning that President Donald Trump’s helicopter was getting ready to take off, so they cleared an airline jet to take off just as Marine One took to the air earlier this month

1:34 PM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada

12:45 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist

9:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the U.S. This move comes as he intensifies a trade war with Canada

8:34 AM on Thursday, August 27

Legal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent

4:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

Qatar and other regional powers are seeking an off-ramp from the U.S. war