Politics & Government News

11:50 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into instability

7:35 PM on Tuesday, July 7

ABC is continuing to fight back forcefully against efforts by federal regulators to reopen the question of whether its popular talk show “The View” is subject to equal time rules

6:46 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Authorities have charged the leader of an Indian criminal group in connection with the assassination of a prominent Sikh leader in Canada

5:55 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston during an operation after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle

4:46 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Maryland lawmakers will meet for a special session next month to consider a constitutional amendment dealing with future congressional redistricting

4:09 PM on Tuesday, July 7

The Southern Poverty Law Center pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations

3:55 PM on Tuesday, July 7

3:00 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Senate Republican leaders have spoken to Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as he remains in the hospital

2:11 PM on Tuesday, July 7

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot have access to personal information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County

12:26 PM on Tuesday, July 7

A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority

11:20 AM on Tuesday, July 7

The former mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a former City Council president have pleaded guilty in a bribery scheme

10:06 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Democratic nominee Graham Platner hasn’t resigned from the Maine U.S. Senate race following an allegation of sexual assault

9:48 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has suspended the transition process with President Gustavo Petro

8:35 AM on Tuesday, July 7

The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has entered its second day

7:54 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he’ll quit his Parliament seat and seek reelection in an attempt to clear his name over financial allegations

7:30 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Utah has revoked the license of a boarding school where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teenager

6:03 AM on Tuesday, July 7

The U.S. military has launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman

1:08 AM on Tuesday, July 7

South Korea is enforcing a law that allows steep punitive damages against news outlets and social media influencers for spreading false information as journalist groups warned it could chill public discourse and invite censorship

12:08 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she’ll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement

12:04 AM on Tuesday, July 7

President Donald Trump insists the United States should control Greenland instead of Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe at a NATO summit