Politics & Government News

3:03 PM on Wednesday, May 6

U_S_ prosecutors say a plain glass-clad building in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood was a secret Chinese spy outpost, with orders to silence, harass and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents in the U_S_ It had a banner inside that said: “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station, New York USA.”

2:08 PM on Wednesday, May 6

A California city has fined a couple $915,135 for cutting down 38 trees

1:24 PM on Wednesday, May 6

The Justice Department has agreed to return Tennessee Republican congressman Andy Ogles’ personal cellphone that was seized during an investigation into his campaign finances, signaling it's abandoning its probe into the President Donald Trump supporter

1:17 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Voters in one Ohio county have upheld a ban on industrial-scale wind and solar power, with 52.9% supporting the restriction

12:55 PM on Wednesday, May 6

Central African Republic’s former prime minister and major opposition figure, Anicet Georges Dologuélé, criticized the confiscation of his diplomatic passport as an abuse of power

12:09 PM on Wednesday, May 6

With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war

11:17 AM on Wednesday, May 6

President Donald Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy, and it sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration’s highest priority

11:01 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Millions of taxpayers penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for late payments or filings may qualify for refunds or penalty terminations

11:00 AM on Wednesday, May 6

10:23 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Hungary has returned a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth $82 million to Ukraine's state Oschadbank

9:50 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is in critical condition in an Iranian hospital

9:19 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Sweden's coast guard has detained a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.”

8:15 AM on Wednesday, May 6

7:11 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Venezuela insists that a mineral-rich region of Guyana was fraudulently taken in the 19th century

6:53 AM on Wednesday, May 6

The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States tallied by the Anti-Defamation League declined by 33% in 2025 — the first drop in five years — due in large part to what the ADL said was a dramatic decrease of incidents on college campuses

6:44 AM on Wednesday, May 6

Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica during his visit to Spain next month

4:39 AM on Wednesday, May 6

A new AP-NORC poll finds about 6 in 10 U.S. adults say the country is no longer a great place for immigrants, though they believe it used to be

12:45 AM on Wednesday, May 6

11:58 PM on Tuesday, May 5

British voters will cast ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term

10:54 PM on Monday, May 4

Indigenous people are gathering to honor loved ones who have gone missing or been killed