Politics & Government News

2:39 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The U.N. Security Council has rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls

2:16 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The White House says Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of Washington D

2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to help with Iran’s water crisis

1:02 PM on Wednesday, August 13

12:26 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A newly released report from the California state auditor’s office says Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have arbitrarily ordered workers back to the office without using specific rationale such as data on worker productivity

12:13 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end investigations, according to a person familiar with the matter

11:57 AM on Wednesday, August 13

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud

11:39 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Germany says it will work with Ukraine's Western allies to provide military aid worth up to $500 million

11:33 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A divided panel of appeals court judges says the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid

11:27 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Trump says there will be 'very severe consequences' if Putin doesn't agree to stop the war after Friday's summit

11:08 AM on Wednesday, August 13

10:46 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Trump names George Strait, Sylvester Stallone and Gloria Gaynor among Kennedy Center Honors picks in new role as chair

10:32 AM on Wednesday, August 13

The South African government has dismissed the U_S_ State Department’s latest assessment of the country's human rights conditions as “inaccurate and deeply flawed.”

8:15 AM on Wednesday, August 13

A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people

7:24 AM on Wednesday, August 13

The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran

5:59 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution

4:00 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Bangladeshi anti-corruption officials have testified against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq

2:07 AM on Wednesday, August 13

President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska

11:02 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump has put a personal touch on this year's Kennedy Center Honors

10:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state’s long history with Russia — and with international tensions