Politics & Government News

12:11 PM on Friday, July 17

Citizens Bank plans to end its financial relationship with two private prison companies, CoreCivic and The GEO Group

12:01 PM on Friday, July 17

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has warned state officials they could lose funding or face investigations if they don't follow President Donald Trump’s election security demands

11:35 AM on Friday, July 17

Jamaica’s government says two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation

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Germany and France are set to deepen nuclear cooperation

7:02 AM on Friday, July 17

Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner on the Maine ballot for U.S. Senate are scrambling to woo his supporters

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Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and unsuccessfully tried to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race

3:09 AM on Friday, July 17

The Philippine government has strongly protested a Chinese state-owned media video apparently depicting Filipinos as monkeys

1:49 AM on Friday, July 17

China says it has never interfered in U.S. elections and has no interest in doing so

1:27 AM on Friday, July 17

Andy Burnham has been officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week

12:49 AM on Friday, July 17

A court in Laos has charged a distillery owner in connection with the deaths of foreign tourists in November 2024

12:15 AM on Friday, July 17

Japan on Friday enacted a controversial new law prohibiting desecration of the national flag, a key right-wing agenda pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

11:32 PM on Thursday, July 16

Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days

10:04 PM on Thursday, July 16

Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security’s vetting and training of immigration enforcement officers

9:00 PM on Thursday, July 16

Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer

2:51 PM on Thursday, July 16

The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years