Politics & Government News

2:51 AM on Friday, June 5

The Senate has blocked a procedural vote on extending a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies

2:43 AM on Friday, June 5

A report by Britain's public spending watchdog shows that the former Prince Andrew made money by subletting cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades

12:03 AM on Friday, June 5

Peruvians are set to choose their ninth president in 10 years in a runoff election Sunday

9:05 PM on Thursday, June 4

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11

7:31 PM on Thursday, June 4

Democrats competing over a coveted congressional district in Manhattan have slugged it out during a heated debate

5:52 PM on Thursday, June 4

An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago

4:20 PM on Thursday, June 4

The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

3:54 PM on Thursday, June 4

Casey Wasserman says he hasn't considered resigning as chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics despite Mayor Karen Bass urging him to quit

2:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals

1:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor

10:34 AM on Thursday, June 4

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy

9:49 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Donald Trump has announced that water has begun refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

7:46 AM on Thursday, June 4

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time

7:38 AM on Thursday, June 4

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog

7:12 AM on Thursday, June 4

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies

5:07 AM on Thursday, June 4

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is back on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the department’s priorities, one day after he refused to say whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies

11:57 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration

10:45 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

9:05 PM on Wednesday, June 3

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been reseparated, despite a judge's order to reunite them

9:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks