Politics & Government News

6:35 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort

6:25 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The United Nations chief has proposed three options to help end the decades-old conflict between Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel when the 8,100-member U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon ends on Dec. 31

5:18 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to investigate the death of Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera in custody

5:07 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The European Union’s Electoral Observation Mission to Colombia has discarded President Gustavo’s Petro’s claims of fraud in Sunday’s presidential election

4:45 PM on Tuesday, June 2

The Trump administration has placed sanctions on Iran’s largest digital asset exchange, Nobitex, and three others

4:24 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has taken a turn in the White House briefing room

3:27 PM on Tuesday, June 2

A federal judge has heard from voting rights groups and a coalition of two dozen states that want the courts to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot, The plaintiffs argued in two lawsuits that Trump’s order should be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules

1:01 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Canada is calling on the United States and Mexico to renew the free trade agreement between the countries for another 16 years just as U.S. President Donald Trump revives talk of making Canada the 51st state

1:00 PM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology

12:29 PM on Tuesday, June 2

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support

11:37 AM on Tuesday, June 2

The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce

10:25 AM on Tuesday, June 2

For a state that’s home to Hollywood, there isn’t much star power in California’s gubernatorial race

9:27 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats have attacked the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during his first Senate hearing since being tapped by President Donald Trump

9:18 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats and Republicans say President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence seems unqualified

8:17 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face more questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began

7:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts

5:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

President Donald Trump has found multiple ways to harness the presidency to benefit himself

12:02 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that's looking increasingly in doubt

12:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Democrats testing their chances in a right-leaning New Jersey battleground district are picking their nominee in a House primary to take on Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent for months from Congress as he deals with an unspecified medical issue

Tuesday, June 2

New Mexicans are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor as the state grapples with high rates of violent crime, chronically underperforming schools and cuts to federal safety net programs