Politics & Government News

8:30 AM on Friday, May 15

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state

8:16 AM on Friday, May 15

Fifteen people deported from the U.S. to Congo under the Trump administration's policy face difficult conditions

7:39 AM on Friday, May 15

6:33 AM on Friday, May 15

Louisiana voters will participate in a revamped and stripped-down state primary Saturday and decide the political fate of an embattled Republican U.S. senator targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump

5:44 AM on Friday, May 15

Norway's foreign ministry confirms it has revoked export licenses for a naval missile system to Malaysia, restricting sales of sensitive defense technologies to allies and close partners

5:05 AM on Friday, May 15

A two-day meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi has ended without a joint statement due to differing views on the Middle East

2:14 AM on Friday, May 15

Australia says a neo-Nazi network will be the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them

11:27 PM on Thursday, May 14

Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell is becoming a test of the Republican Party’s transformation under President Donald Trump

11:06 PM on Thursday, May 14

A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act

9:36 PM on Thursday, May 14

Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics

4:55 PM on Thursday, May 14

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary by defending deeply held beliefs and protecting free speech rather than relying on patriotic slogans or celebrations

4:21 PM on Thursday, May 14

Cuban and U.S. officials say that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Cuban officials including Raul Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island

4:09 PM on Thursday, May 14

Clashes have erupted in Bolivia's capital as police use tear gas to disperse miners trying to breach the government palace

3:48 PM on Thursday, May 14

When Jerome Powell was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve eight years ago, economists worried that inflation and interest rates were too low and that too few Americans had jobs

2:16 PM on Thursday, May 14

A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary

10:40 AM on Thursday, May 14

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed to free more than 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of Yemen's 11-year civil war

5:51 AM on Thursday, May 14

Two Democrats competing to become Iowa's next senator each say they're the best candidate to flip a GOP seat in the U.S. Senate

3:41 AM on Thursday, May 14

Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned after losing support from the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner

2:33 AM on Thursday, May 14

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman

9:31 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Authorities say a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine has demolished an apartment block in Kyiv, killing nine and wounding dozens