Politics & Government News

11:43 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Department of Health and Human Services is boosting its use of artificial intelligence to monitor audits from federal grant recipients

11:39 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal officials have cleared Pennsylvania to spend over $700 million to expand high-speed internet in rural areas

11:38 AM on Thursday, May 21

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Lebanese officials for allegedly maintaining Hezbollah's influence over state institutions

11:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

11:31 AM on Thursday, May 21

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has announced Ilya Espino de Marotta as the new head of the Panama Canal, starting October 1

10:07 AM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

9:34 AM on Thursday, May 21

A Turkish court has effectively removed the head of the country’s main opposition party by annulling a 2023 congress that elected him

9:34 AM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has called off plans to sign a new executive order on artificial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony

9:22 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations

9:09 AM on Thursday, May 21

Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced World Cup

9:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government more than 65 years ago

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Berlin’s state parliament has given the go-ahead for the city’s bid to rehost the Olympic Games on or after the 100th anniversary of the 1936 Games staged by the Nazis

4:46 AM on Thursday, May 21

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants the EU to consider offering “associate membership” to Ukraine

10:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries

10:05 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion that says the right to strike is protected by a cornerstone labor treaty

9:04 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit has been sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for her role in a staggering $250 million fraud case

11:44 AM on Tuesday, May 19