Politics & Government News

4:41 PM on Friday, May 29

Ghana’s parliament has passed a bill imposing up to 10-year prison terms for promoting LGBTQ activities

4:36 PM on Friday, May 29

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year

4:20 PM on Friday, May 29

A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government

4:17 PM on Friday, May 29

A federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship

2:17 PM on Friday, May 29

Members of a Russia-led economic alliance have warned member Armenia that it could face suspension over its aspirations to join the European Union

2:15 PM on Friday, May 29

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans

1:44 PM on Friday, May 29

The White House is moving to give political appointees more control over federal grants

1:21 PM on Friday, May 29

In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, the president proclaimed “TRUMP’S MAKING FOOD AFFORDABLE,” and cited falling prices for a range of groceries, including avocados, fresh berries, and a variety of pantry staples

11:54 AM on Friday, May 29

Musical artists' cancellations from a Donald Trump-linked U.S. celebration in Washington continue the Republican president’s tense history with the entertainment industry

10:57 AM on Friday, May 29

A Brazilian court has ruled that officials must restore and preserve Fordlandia

9:46 AM on Friday, May 29

UK prosecutors allege a Greek national traveled to Britain on behalf of a foreign intelligence service to conduct surveillance on a journalist critical of the Iranian regime

8:14 AM on Friday, May 29

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican

6:33 AM on Friday, May 29

A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children

6:31 AM on Friday, May 29

Many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry nationwide that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities

6:29 AM on Friday, May 29

A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children

5:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak

12:07 AM on Friday, May 29

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district who was arrested last year in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been sentenced to two years in prison

12:01 AM on Friday, May 29

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finished her interview with House lawmakers about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files

11:52 PM on Thursday, May 28

Romanian authorities say a Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania

10:10 PM on Thursday, May 28

Vietnam’s leader To Lam is warning that the war in the Middle East has shown how important strategic waterways can be to the world as a whole