Politics & Government News

4:59 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has returned to his show after being hospitalized for viral pneumonia

4:09 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed people

3:50 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia have reached a critical threshold to force a vote in the House

3:37 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Opposition figures in the Dominican Republic are criticizing a new agreement with the United States for the Caribbean nation to accept third-country deportees, citing transparency issues and sovereignty concerns

3:18 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing Wednesday in his reported request for 61 million reais ($12 million) from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro

1:11 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, taking a preliminary step toward holding new elections later this year

12:56 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Official figures show that the number of people deported to El Salvador from the United States nearly doubled in the first months of 2026

12:19 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Incumbent Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis has declared victory for the Progressive Liberal Party in securing a second term in office in a snap election

11:58 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French President Emmanuel Macron has concluded his Africa visit with talks in Ethiopia

11:58 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The giant machines that will bore a train tunnel beneath the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey are being assembled

10:55 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit

10:45 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, is in the custody of federal immigration authorities, a possible step toward deportation

10:19 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French prosecutors have asked judges to sentence former President Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison and fine him 300,000 euros ($330,000)

7:55 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve

7:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs

6:54 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black U.S. House districts for this year's elections

6:19 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

5:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence

4:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws

9:19 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Americans paid more for their groceries in April, but high gas prices were only one of the reasons why