Politics & Government News

12:30 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran

11:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup

11:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties

10:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

10:04 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Union's energy commissioner says a jet fuel shortage can't be ruled out in the long term

8:47 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Commission plans to urge all EU nations to ban gay “conversion therapy.”

7:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Turkey has lifted a restriction on direct trade with Armenia in a symbolic step toward improved relations

7:33 AM on Wednesday, May 13

A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs

5:23 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party's political machine barely a year into his term

4:06 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Republicans want voters to think of working-class tax cuts when they weigh the economy and the 2025 law that President Donald Trump calls his “big beautiful bill.”

3:38 AM on Wednesday, May 13

King Charles III delivered the government’s legislative program for the coming year at the ceremonial opening of Britain’s Parliament

Wednesday, May 13

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing backlash after interrupting a panel at the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya

11:06 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Brad Raffensperger is trying to reintroduce himself to Georgia Republicans as he runs for governor

11:02 PM on Tuesday, May 12

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction

9:27 PM on Tuesday, May 12

7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12

The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”

12:08 PM on Tuesday, May 12

The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that armed conflict in Colombia over the past year has inflicted the worst impact on civilians in a decade

10:43 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China

11:03 PM on Monday, May 11

The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska is too early to call

8:05 PM on Monday, May 11

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are preparing for a summit, with both China and the U.S. emphasizing stable ties