Politics & Government News

7:43 AM on Tuesday, June 16

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Europe is worried over tensions in the disputed South China Sea that could endanger freedom of navigation as happened in the Strait of Hormuz

7:03 AM on Tuesday, June 16

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 16

U.S. allies are proposing a naval mission to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz

9:33 PM on Monday, June 15

Former state lawmaker Jim Marchant has won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state

8:51 PM on Monday, June 15

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump

6:40 PM on Monday, June 15

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America

6:34 PM on Monday, June 15

Ever since Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump in late January to lead the Federal Reserve, a question has lingered: Will he seek to raise interest rates to tame inflation or cut them as Trump has long demanded

5:44 PM on Monday, June 15

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women

5:38 PM on Monday, June 15

Republican divisions are on full display in the closing hours of primary runoffs for U.S. Senate and governor

5:03 PM on Monday, June 15

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations

3:28 PM on Monday, June 15

A top Alaska elections official has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s August primary ballot

3:07 PM on Monday, June 15

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid

11:30 AM on Monday, June 15

UFC CEO Dana White called fight night at the White House a smashing success

11:18 AM on Monday, June 15

Michigan State has lost its president and athletic director weeks apart and now faces a leadership crisis

9:01 AM on Monday, June 15

Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral has a new organ, giving the 700-year-old building a proper instrument for services and concerts

7:57 AM on Monday, June 15

Bay Area voters previously represented by Democratic former congressman Eric Swalwell will narrow down a field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to replace him in a special primary on Tuesday

3:08 AM on Monday, June 15

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China’s development approach

12:01 AM on Monday, June 15

President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran

9:56 PM on Sunday, June 14

A Russian bombardment of Ukraine's biggest cities has set ablaze part of an Eastern Orthodox landmark and killed 11 people

12:02 PM on Tuesday, June 2