Politics & Government News

3:49 PM on Friday, November 21

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autism

3:32 PM on Friday, November 21

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028

2:58 PM on Friday, November 21

A $3 billion dementia research fund in Texas has been blocked temporarily by three voters who claim machines used in this month’s election were faulty

2:35 PM on Friday, November 21

A federal judge’s 223-page opinion delivers a blistering account of federal agents using tear gas, rubber bullets and other force against Chicago-area protesters and journalists, often without warning or justification

2:18 PM on Friday, November 21

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call President Donald Trump had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

1:48 PM on Friday, November 21

The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and subsidized loans to students who aren't legally in the United States

1:24 PM on Friday, November 21

New Jersey Democratic Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill resigned from her seat in the U.S. House and the current governor set special election dates to fill her position for next year

10:55 AM on Friday, November 21

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district

10:52 AM on Friday, November 21

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has decided not to run for Ohio governor next year

10:19 AM on Friday, November 21

Thousands of opposition activists have rallied near Sri Lanka’s capital to demand that the government fulfill pledges to ease taxes and restore order, in the first major protest against President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s administration as it marks one year in office Opposition parties accuse Dissanayake’s government of failing to deliver on his promises during last year’s election campaign, and say that it has instead politicized law enforcement agencies to stifle the opposition

9:51 AM on Friday, November 21

Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress

9:46 AM on Friday, November 21

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book about his recent time behind bars, titled “Diary of a Prisoner,” on Dec. 10, his publisher Fayard announced Friday

8:10 AM on Friday, November 21

A hard-right British politician has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for accepting bribes to make favorable statements about Russia in the European Parliament

7:37 AM on Friday, November 21

France's government is taking action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz

7:24 AM on Friday, November 21

Former boxing champ Gennadiy Golovkin is set to take over as president of the new body aiming to run the Olympic tournaments at the 2028 Los Angeles Games

6:51 AM on Friday, November 21

World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda

6:25 AM on Friday, November 21

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

5:03 AM on Friday, November 21

Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

12:26 AM on Friday, November 21

The president of Ukraine is facing a confluence of crises testing his ability to lead an increasingly weary nation nearly four years into a devastating full-scale invasion by Russia

5:40 PM on Thursday, November 20

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign