Politics & Government News

2:46 PM on Wednesday, July 8

Canada's prime minister is visiting Saudi Arabia, marking the first trip by a Canadian leader to the kingdom in 26 years

2:33 PM on Wednesday, July 8

The second fatal shooting in four days by a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis is under investigation

11:14 AM on Wednesday, July 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the message from a summit in Ankara, Turkey, is that “NATO delivers.”

10:46 AM on Wednesday, July 8

The Trumps administration has been ramping up pressure on state election officials to make sure noncitizens aren't registered to vote

10:43 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Several Mississippi residents in DeSoto County have filed a federal lawsuit against the creation of majority-Black subdistricts for the state judiciary

9:53 AM on Wednesday, July 8

A three-judge panel has denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while they appeal an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal

9:41 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Brazil’s federal police have searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home for weapons and ammunition

9:10 AM on Wednesday, July 8

France's upcoming election has taken a striking turn after far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time

8:55 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Kentucky's governor has written an open letter to Mitch McConnell asking the Republican senator to disclose more about his condition

8:07 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership

6:37 AM on Wednesday, July 8

A weeklong preliminary hearing for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has paused for the day and will resume Thursday

5:36 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Nigel Farage claims the political establishment is out to stop him

3:16 AM on Wednesday, July 8

After four years in exile, the prediction market platform Polymarket has begun a well-funded campaign to sell a new version of itself to the American public

2:03 AM on Wednesday, July 8

Officials say Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine have killed four people, including two in Kyiv, as Moscow kept up its pressure on the capital in the latest phase of the war, now in its fifth year

10:56 PM on Tuesday, July 7

The U.S. has carried out another round of strikes on Iran hours after President Donald Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the ceasefire

9:01 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Graham Platner's bid for Maine Senate may be all but over, but it's likely other candidates will find themselves on a similar path in the future

9:01 PM on Tuesday, July 7

Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan has been spared from prison for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waited in the hallway

7:56 PM on Tuesday, July 7

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced at a NATO summit in Turkey that the U.S. will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense systems

12:37 PM on Tuesday, July 7

The National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., has expanded during the country's 250th anniversary of independence celebrations, with troops from Democratic-led states joining the effort

11:19 AM on Tuesday, July 7