Politics & Government News

7:05 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The European Union has introduced two measures to protect its steel industry and limit small e-commerce parcels

6:37 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The Supreme Court has tackled several key immigration issues this term, supporting President Donald Trump's administration in three cases

5:35 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Amnesty International has accused three senior commanders of Sudan's paramilitary forces of overseeing war crimes during the siege of el-Fasher in North Darfur

2:46 AM on Wednesday, July 1

China's leader has highlighted the country's rapid industrialization as a model for developing nations

7:58 PM on Tuesday, June 30

Colombian senator Iván Cepeda refuses to recognize Abelardo de la Espriella as the new president unless he meets certain conditions

7:48 PM on Tuesday, June 30

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits

6:08 PM on Tuesday, June 30

6:06 PM on Tuesday, June 30

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaii during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on display in Honolulu

6:05 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The great-grandson of the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that first established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship praises the latest ruling

5:01 PM on Tuesday, June 30

A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution

4:57 PM on Tuesday, June 30

A second New York resident says federal officers have served him with a warning about online activity that criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

4:49 PM on Tuesday, June 30

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress

4:06 PM on Tuesday, June 30

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be staking out differing approaches to carrying out President Donald Trump’s national security agenda

12:26 PM on Tuesday, June 30

7:08 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

4:57 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in South Africa to protest illegal immigration

11:09 PM on Monday, June 29

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has revealed the reason for his four-month absence from the U.S. House

11:03 PM on Monday, June 29

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary

8:29 PM on Monday, June 29

An explosive went off in an apartment building entrance in Monaco, wounding three people, reportedly including a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia

12:16 AM on Monday, June 29

China has imposed new export controls on 40 Japanese entities, accusing them of contributing to Japan’s “remilitarization.”