Politics & Government News

12:01 PM on Tuesday, May 26

The Supreme Court has rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny

11:35 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Graham Platner began Memorial Day weekend by releasing an ad on the cable station that airs Boston Red Sox games accusing team owners of ruining the storied franchise

11:13 AM on Tuesday, May 26

The Supreme Court is siding with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions on immigration judges that raised questions about the rights of federal workers

10:19 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Attorneys say a woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk will receive $225,000 in a legal settlement

10:17 AM on Tuesday, May 26

The Trump administration wants all current and future federal employees to sign non-disclosure agreements, part of a continuing crackdown on leaks to the media

10:01 AM on Tuesday, May 26

President Trump has announced that the U.S. is admitting 10,000 additional white South Africans as refugees, citing persecution in their home country

7:39 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar says he will set up committees to investigate alleged misconduct by Viktor Orbán's previous government

7:26 AM on Tuesday, May 26

The Supreme Court has rejected Florida’s long shot attempt to sue California and Washington over the issuance of commercial driver licenses to truckers who don’t speak English and are not authorized to be in the United States

7:04 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Federal judges have temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use new congressional districts that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the midterm elections

6:57 AM on Tuesday, May 26

The leader of Africa’s most developed economy is facing impeachment proceedings

6:34 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Senegal’s National Assembly has elected ousted Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko as parliament speaker and defied President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who fired him days earlier

6:26 AM on Tuesday, May 26

President Donald Trump insists a peace deal is close on the 88th day of the Iran war

4:23 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Police in the western Turkish city of Izmir have used water cannon in an attempt to prevent people from gathering to hear the deposed leader of the country's main opposition party

2:50 AM on Tuesday, May 26

Ukraine’s air force says Russia launched over 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight

2:32 AM on Tuesday, May 26

President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams

9:14 PM on Monday, May 25

South Korea says North Korea has launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea

8:59 PM on Monday, May 25

Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed new initiatives for maritime security, critical minerals, port infrastructure, and energy security to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid concerns about China's influence

7:07 PM on Monday, May 25

Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria have landed in Melbourne and Sydney

5:03 AM on Monday, May 25

Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections

5:34 AM on Thursday, May 21