Politics & Government News

12:10 PM on Wednesday, May 13

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup

12:09 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdogs have named President Zelenskyy's former chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, as a suspect in a major graft probe

12:03 PM on Wednesday, May 13

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties

11:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

11:04 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Union's energy commissioner says a jet fuel shortage can't be ruled out in the long term

10:55 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The Senate is moving to confirm Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve

10:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

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

9:54 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black, Democratic-held congressional seats

9:47 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The European Commission plans to urge all EU nations to ban gay “conversion therapy.”

9:19 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

8:41 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Turkey has lifted a restriction on direct trade with Armenia in a symbolic step toward improved relations

8:33 AM on Wednesday, May 13

A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs

8:03 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

7:10 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Senate Democrats plan to force Republicans to go on record about the Trump administration's dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

5:50 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Russia has launched a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine, firing at least 800 drones across 20 regions of the country

4:38 AM on Wednesday, May 13

King Charles III delivered the government’s legislative program for the coming year at the ceremonial opening of Britain’s Parliament

12:28 AM on Wednesday, May 13

King Charles III has outlined the British government's legislative plans as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces pressure to stay in power

12:06 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Brad Raffensperger is trying to reintroduce himself to Georgia Republicans as he runs for governor

8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12

The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”

11:43 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China