Politics & Government News

9:19 PM on Tuesday, June 2

A prediction market reported U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance

A woman who said she was abducted and sexually assaulted by the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, before paying a ransom, poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Women say they were raped and ransomed by fighters in Sudan's ongoing war

9:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Women in Sudan have shared their accounts of being abducted, raped and held for ransom by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan

FILE - Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan draws an unusual opponent in Alaska's primary — and he's not happy about it

8:43 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is accusing one of his opponents in the Alaska primary — another Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan — of working with Democrats to boost the chances of his main rival, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

US still talking with countries to resettle Afghans as Rubio defends entry to white South Africans

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

Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres talks to members of the press during a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the UN headquarters in Nairobi, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

UN chief proposes options to help end Israel-Hezbollah conflict after peacekeepers leave Lebanon

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

The UN calls on Nicaragua to investigate Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera’s death in custody

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

President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

European Union observers reject Petro’s fraud claims, calling Colombia’s vote 'transparent'

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

FILE - The Treasury Department building is pictured at dusk in Washington, June 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US sanctions Iran’s largest digital asset exchange Nobitex and 3 others

4:45 PM on Tuesday, June 2

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

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room

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

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, and 80th President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, right, flank Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, newly elected President of the 81st UN General Assembly, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe via AP)

Bangladesh's foreign minister defeats Cyprus' ambassador to be UN General Assembly president

4:18 PM on Tuesday, June 2

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to be the next president of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly

Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots for the California primary election at City Hall on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Federal court hears arguments over efforts to halt Trump's mail-in executive order

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

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Chief Trade Negotiator Janice Charette speak during a press conference on the roof of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada calls for US and Mexico free trade agreement to be renewed for 16 years

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

President Donald Trump, left, and Kevin Warsh arrive at a swearing-in ceremony for Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risks

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

FILE - A farm employee processes coffee berries at Boa Esperanca farm in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Trump administration proposes 25% tariffs on Brazil despite extensive US trade surplus

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

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin testifies during a Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Security 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Democrats hammer DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a heated Senate hearing

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

FILE - Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence

9:18 AM on Tuesday, June 2

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to Review the FY27 State Department Budget Request on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Rubio testifies in back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings

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

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives at the White House, Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family

5:01 AM on Tuesday, June 2

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined from left by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans consider next steps after scrapping of $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies

12:08 AM on Tuesday, June 2

Senate Republicans are weighing their next steps after the Trump administration's announcement that it is scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund for the president's allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to Review the FY27 State Department Budget Request on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rubio is optimistic on eventual Iran nuclear talks despite congressional skepticism

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

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