Politics & Government News

6:37 AM on Saturday, April 11

Britain has put its plan to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on hold after the U.S. administration withdrew support for the deal

2:35 AM on Saturday, April 11

Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has been reelected for a sixth term, winning 97.81% of the vote in Friday's election

1:50 AM on Saturday, April 11

Prominent supporters of California Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for governor are withdrawing their support in a stunning political reversal

12:06 AM on Saturday, April 11

Donald Trump has made a public flex of his political influence abroad on a scale that few, if any, U.S. presidents have, trying to marshal power he’s used domestically to sway races around the world

12:05 AM on Saturday, April 11

Democratic presidential prospects touted the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a way to advance American values during the National Action Network conference in New York

8:54 PM on Friday, April 10

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has voiced support for China’s push to build a multipolar world and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies

8:43 PM on Friday, April 10

The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major global financial institutions, remain unfulfilled promises

7:33 PM on Friday, April 10

Prominent supporters of California Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for governor are withdrawing their support Friday in a stunning political reversal

7:13 PM on Friday, April 10

A judge has temporarily barred Arizona from enforcing its gambling laws against predictive market operators like Kalshi

6:31 PM on Friday, April 10

Former U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, has died at 79

4:55 PM on Friday, April 10

Counter-drone lasers will now be able to be used along the southern border

4:48 PM on Friday, April 10

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled her last budget, a $21.2 billion gross operating spending plan that is sure to erupt into battles on the District Council and Capitol Hill, where Republican lawmakers have shown a growing willingness to interject themselves into local affairs

4:35 PM on Friday, April 10

First lady Melania Trump has denied any connection to Jeffrey Epstein

4:12 PM on Friday, April 10

A tangled political fight over whether Chicago’s public schools will hold classes on May Day has unraveled in the nation’s third-largest city

3:03 PM on Friday, April 10

President Donald Trump’s plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all gilded

3:01 PM on Friday, April 10

President Donald Trump has shared a video of a deadly attack at a Florida gas station, using it to justify his mass deportation agenda

8:23 AM on Friday, April 10

7:52 AM on Friday, April 10

Democrats are grappling with a surge of outside spending in their primaries

12:31 AM on Friday, April 10

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz

12:01 AM on Friday, April 10

President Donald Trump says the only reason the Iranians are alive today “is to negotiate,” as he sends Vice President JD Vance overseas to work on a resolution to the war