Politics & Government News

1:46 AM on Friday, May 8

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña says he deeply values his country’s ties with Taiwan, in a show of solidarity after China asked the South American nation to sever diplomatic relations with Taipei

12:24 AM on Friday, May 8

While Pope Francis opened his pontificate with a flurry of reforms and appointments to shake things up, Pope Leo XIV has taken his time to find his footing

11:55 PM on Thursday, May 7

Péter Magyar takes office as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule

8:00 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Trump administration is conducting a review of the 53 Mexican consulates in the United States

7:38 PM on Thursday, May 7

A major federal raid around a park near downtown Los Angeles known for homeless encampments and out-in-the-open drug use came just as voters began selecting their next mayor

7:27 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump has visited the Lincoln Memorial to see the reflecting pool he's painting in a color he calls “American flag blue.”

7:26 PM on Thursday, May 7

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administration's cancellation of over $100 million in humanities grants was unconstitutional

6:34 PM on Thursday, May 7

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” always was meant to be temporary

4:42 PM on Thursday, May 7

A federal court has ruled against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court

4:29 PM on Thursday, May 7

Officials say the U_S_ isn't looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s threats that “Cuba is next.”

4:08 PM on Thursday, May 7

A note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein in his first suspected jail suicide attempt in 2019 has been made public

3:27 PM on Thursday, May 7

Salvadoran investigative news outlet El Faro has announced that its members’ assets have been frozen

12:33 PM on Thursday, May 7

Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina

9:55 AM on Thursday, May 7

A U.K. border official and a former Hong Kong police officer have been convicted of assisting China’s spy agency by conducting “shadow” policing operations in Britain

7:23 AM on Thursday, May 7

The U_S_ military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces."

5:16 AM on Thursday, May 7

A Chinese military court has given suspended death sentences to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe for bribery

2:41 AM on Thursday, May 7

The U_S_ military says that it intercepted Iranian attacks on three U_S_ Navy ships as they transited the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces.”

11:11 PM on Wednesday, May 6

President Donald Trump's plan to coat the granite exterior of a historic building next to the White House with white paint could cost taxpayers at least $7.5 million

11:02 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Tennessee has enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis

6:41 PM on Wednesday, May 6