Politics & Government News

5:45 AM on Tuesday, May 19

5:45 AM on Tuesday, May 19

1:49 AM on Tuesday, May 19

New Zealand's government plans to lay off nearly 9,000 workers, cutting 14% of public sector jobs by 2029

11:01 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump considers himself an effective dealmaker but appears to have hit a wall with Iran

9:29 PM on Monday, May 18

The Trump administration plans to admit up to 10,000 more white South African refugees into the United States, citing discrimination against Afrikaners

9:02 PM on Monday, May 18

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision

8:19 PM on Monday, May 18

Rachel Maddow is working on a new book about the Justice Department

8:11 PM on Monday, May 18

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he has no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago

5:59 PM on Monday, May 18

The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands concentrated in Western states

4:27 PM on Monday, May 18

A few dozen people have demonstrated in Venezuela’s capital to remember a woman who died over the weekend

3:01 PM on Monday, May 18

The Justice Department has announced a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund for Trump allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration

2:14 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war

2:02 PM on Monday, May 18

Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has been charged in Miami with bribing officials for government contracts

1:59 PM on Monday, May 18

Followers of Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales have joined a massive protest movement against President Rodrigo Paz

12:17 PM on Monday, May 18

A ship carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico and Uruguay has arrived in Havana to help ease Cuba’s spiraling crises

9:01 AM on Monday, May 18

The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law

8:12 AM on Monday, May 18

The Trump administration has announced the creation a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted

7:30 AM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a planned military strike on Iran at the request of several allies in the Middle East because “serious negotiations” are underway

5:21 AM on Monday, May 18

Italy’s interior minister says a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Modena highlights deeper integration challenges even for second-generation Italians

12:59 AM on Monday, May 18

The South Carolina House is debating legislation that could redraw congressional districts to help Republicans possibly win an additional seat in the November elections