Politics & Government News

5:40 AM on Tuesday, July 7

A government-appointed county commissioner in South Sudan’s oil-rich Jonglei State has been killed by opposition forces, the government says

4:16 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."

3:05 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who's facing an impeachment trial, says she expects to be “bloodied but unbowed” by the process

10:05 PM on Monday, July 6

In Venezuela, a devastating earthquake on June 24 has left about 17,000 people homeless

6:30 PM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump and NATO leaders are meeting in Turkey for a summit focused on the alliance's future

3:48 PM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Walmart's recent price cuts, though the retailer's statement doesn't mention his administration's involvement

2:56 PM on Monday, July 6

U.S. prosecutors are setting the stage for seeking leniency at next week's sentencing for a Turkish-Iranian businessman who provided key testimony at a corruption trial nearly a decade ago related to sanctions against Iran

2:23 PM on Monday, July 6

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s mass pardons for supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol don’t apply to a Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot

1:30 PM on Monday, July 6

Canada has selected Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build up to 12 submarines, one of its largest military purchases, as it boosts defense spending to meet NATO targets

1:27 PM on Monday, July 6

Planned Parenthood and two other abortion providers can resume billing Medicaid after an almost yearlong ban on federal funding expired

12:31 PM on Monday, July 6

New federal data reveals the first 50-state look at a steep drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment after enhanced subsidies expired in January

10:56 AM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump says he's building a granite helipad on the White House lawn

10:10 AM on Monday, July 6

The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have proposed a pipeline to carry western Canadian oil to the country's east as Canada seeks new markets

9:56 AM on Monday, July 6

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Syria, becoming the first major Western leader to visit since Bashar al-Assad's ouster in 2024

8:57 AM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is taking credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued at the World Cup against the United States’ star forward but says he did not demand an outcome

6:34 AM on Monday, July 6

A five-day preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has begun in Utah

5:44 AM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is responding to global outrage over his intervention with FIFA during the World Cup

1:24 AM on Monday, July 6

Clashes inside a prison near Sri Lanka’s capital have killed at least 25 people, mostly inmates, and injured over 100

9:18 PM on Sunday, July 5

King Charles III’s estranged son is traveling to the land of his birth for a series of charity engagements that begin Tuesday

9:17 PM on Sunday, July 5

A former campus police officer says he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a gravel rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated