Politics & Government News

9:20 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang

9:10 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrat Eric Jones has advanced to the November ballot in a Northern California congressional district, where he will face fellow Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson in the latest generational battle within the party

7:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward

5:51 PM on Friday, June 12

Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life

5:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds

5:15 PM on Friday, June 12

5:13 PM on Friday, June 12

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County’s main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds

5:06 PM on Friday, June 12

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table

5:06 PM on Friday, June 12

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

4:47 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement

4:31 PM on Friday, June 12

Organizations providing legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children say agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Health and Human Services attempted to enter their offices

3:58 PM on Friday, June 12

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky

12:48 PM on Friday, June 12

Violent clashes have erupted in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change

11:35 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United State and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East

11:03 AM on Friday, June 12

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy

8:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal

5:21 AM on Friday, June 12

Chinese authorities have arrested an American scholar on suspicion of espionage

5:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States

1:19 AM on Friday, June 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe

12:02 AM on Friday, June 12

Defense lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk are asking a judge to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body