Politics & Government News

12:09 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Six leading candidates for California governor will meet in a televised debate — all of them eager for a breakout moment in a chaotic race that has no clear leader

12:08 AM on Wednesday, April 22

President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans

12:05 AM on Wednesday, April 22

The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a tough situation as he prepares to question Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in two Senate hearings

9:10 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear questioned the decision-making at the University of Kentucky amid a fraught period for the school’s athletics department

7:24 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A U.S. appeals court says Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

4:16 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

4:07 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury

1:41 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA

11:43 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School

11:35 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Spain's government has approved a major plan to tackle the country's housing crisis

9:31 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information

8:53 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran

7:36 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned, doing so just moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress

7:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories

4:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

1:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip

12:03 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections

1:37 PM on Monday, April 20

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend

11:59 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The timeline is tightening as states attempt to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the November midterm elections