Politics & Government News

3:28 PM on Friday, September 18

President Donald Trump is defending his son's wedding party being partially funded by a Russian oligarch

3:20 PM on Friday, September 18

The U.S. president has several meetings scheduled with world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City next week

3:13 PM on Friday, September 18

President Donald Trump has signed a major sanctions package targeting Russian officials and key sectors of its economy

3:12 PM on Friday, September 18

President Donald Trump is defending his push to put his name on the Kennedy Center, saying he deserves recognition for trying to save it

3:02 PM on Friday, September 18

A deal to accept migrants expelled by the United States is sparking protests by Jamaica’s main opposition party and a host of other groups

2:53 PM on Friday, September 18

Amid growing panic over the risks posed by rapidly developing AI technology, potential 2028 Democratic candidates are scrambling to respond — trying to show they are doing something, even as they acknowledge they need a reluctant Washington to step up

2:50 PM on Friday, September 18

The Justice Department says federal law banning licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under age 21 is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced

2:45 PM on Friday, September 18

Officials say 75 absentee in-person ballots cast by voters in rural western Alaska communities arrived too late to be counted in last month’s primary election

2:06 PM on Friday, September 18

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a pilot plan to expand the federal government's role in fighting organized crime in Rio de Janeiro

1:40 PM on Friday, September 18

1:19 PM on Friday, September 18

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has returned from Europe and cast Canada as moving quickly beyond its historic reliance on the United States

12:55 PM on Friday, September 18

The Texas Department of Transportation has paused issuing permits for Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers along state roads

12:17 PM on Friday, September 18

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans

12:16 PM on Friday, September 18

President Donald Trump says he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow

4:17 AM on Friday, September 18

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed leaders from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation

4:02 AM on Friday, September 18

Vice President JD Vance has defended the Trump administration's policies and Iowa GOP candidates, calling Democrats the party of "lunatics."

2:58 AM on Friday, September 18

Police in central Nigeria have fired tear gas at crowds protesting the deaths of 37 miners in custody on illegal mining charges

11:20 PM on Thursday, September 17

Russians have begun three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election

9:04 PM on Thursday, September 17

President Donald Trump is using a controversial campaign ad from 1988 to criticize Democrats on crime

9:04 PM on Thursday, September 17

In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections is underway