Politics & Government News

3:44 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump is nominating David Cummins to lead the Transportation Security Administration

3:32 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency

2:58 PM on Monday, May 11

Democrats have filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a redistricting rule by Virginia’s top court

2:49 PM on Monday, May 11

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect

2:37 PM on Monday, May 11

1:51 PM on Monday, May 11

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez tells journalists that her country has no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the move

1:00 PM on Monday, May 11

12:38 PM on Monday, May 11

The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks to monitor suspected Iranian money laundering networks

12:31 PM on Monday, May 11

The British government has sanctioned nine people and three organizations accused of hostile activities for Iran

11:17 AM on Monday, May 11

Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire on a humanitarian rescue ship Monday after it rescued about 90 migrants in the Mediterranean

10:22 AM on Monday, May 11

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will not resign despite an impeachment committee being set up to reinvestigate allegations of serious misconduct

9:17 AM on Monday, May 11

The European Union has unanimously agreed to impose new sanctions on the leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and the Israeli settler movement, a decision sparked by growing outrage over the devastation in Gaza during the latest Israel-Hamas war

9:01 AM on Monday, May 11

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and environmental destruction in Indigenous territories

8:52 AM on Monday, May 11

A California man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives has pleaded not guilty to charges he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer

7:41 AM on Monday, May 11

7:35 AM on Monday, May 11

The European Union has imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine

7:23 AM on Monday, May 11

Iran and the United States have reached an impasse again over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky

4:28 AM on Monday, May 11

U.S. President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war

2:17 AM on Monday, May 11

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to prove his doubters wrong as he faces calls to step down after poor local election results for his Labour Party

10:13 PM on Sunday, May 10

President Donald Trump has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan in his second term