Politics & Government News

11:46 AM on Thursday, May 28

President Donald Trump has claimed that the Obama and Biden administrations spent “hundreds of millions of dollars” to fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and alleged that renovations he is currently overseeing will be much more economical

10:48 AM on Thursday, May 28

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirms his agency has a design for a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump

10:16 AM on Thursday, May 28

In a city that has staggered from crisis to crisis in recent years, the sudden resignation of police Chief Brian O’Hara is again leaving Minneapolis looking for a way forward

9:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

The European Union’s foreign policy chief says securing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz after the Iran war ends will require more ships

8:46 AM on Thursday, May 28

Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a protest festival near Washington, D.C., shortly before the midterm elections

8:28 AM on Thursday, May 28

The Trump administration's review of Mexico's 53 U.S. consulates has stoked worries among Mexicans in the U.S. that some could be shuttered, making it harder for them to access important services

7:51 AM on Thursday, May 28

Latvian lawmakers have approved a new coalition government that will lead the European Union and NATO member country in the coming months

7:45 AM on Thursday, May 28

State officials are defending their policies of limiting the issuance undercover license plates to federal immigration authorities after President Donald Trump’s administration sued them over the matter

6:21 AM on Thursday, May 28

France’s lower house has voted finally to scrub a foundational slavery-era edict from French law

5:42 AM on Thursday, May 28

5:00 AM on Thursday, May 28

Harvard graduates heard from comedian and television host Conan O’Brien at their commencement

4:54 AM on Thursday, May 28

A federal judge is declining to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a national list of eligible voters and limit mail voting

4:52 AM on Thursday, May 28

Israel’s attorney general says a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face criminal prosecution for leaking secret information to a German newspaper with the intent of harming the country’s security

1:53 AM on Thursday, May 28

A Chinese human rights activist is in South Korean custody after a perilous escape from his country by a rubber boat

10:06 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States

9:30 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The crowded race for California governor still has no clear front-runner with only days left for voters to decide which two candidates to advance to the general election in November

9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Stop AAPI Hate is an organization that rose to national prominence for its meticulous reports on anti-Asian hate incidents at the height of the pandemic

9:01 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek

5:25 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

1:53 PM on Wednesday, May 27

President Donald Trump says he plans to take in an NBA Finals game in New York when the series comes to Madison Square Garden next month