Politics & Government News

6:05 AM on Thursday, September 17

Newly obtained data on the unprecedented surge of border crossings over the past decade is shedding light on who entered the U.S. and where they went

1:15 AM on Thursday, September 17

Romanian residents near the Ukraine border are living in fear due to Russian drone strikes

9:21 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The Trump administration has denied visas for a high-level Palestinian delegation to attend an annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations for the second year in a row

7:16 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The House has approved a bill that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their substantial energy needs

6:58 PM on Wednesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is suggesting that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc

6:07 PM on Wednesday, September 16

6:02 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee say the Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump’s planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington

5:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home to campaign for the midterm elections

5:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days

4:30 PM on Wednesday, September 16

An Argentine judge has ordered British and Israeli companies to stop developing an oilfield off the British-controlled Falkland Islands

1:01 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The House has passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine

12:47 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs

12:32 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Min Zin, a U.S. scholar of Myanmar politics, has been detained in China for over three months

10:51 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Myanmar’s military-backed government has deported Adam Castillo, a U.S. businessman, after three months in jail on charges his supporters say were trumped-up

8:27 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2023 to address high inflation

3:59 AM on Wednesday, September 16

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed opening a path for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 16

President Donald Trump has tested his midterm campaign appeal in North Carolina as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman

12:01 AM on Wednesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is blasting Federal Reserve governors after the board raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation

5:01 AM on Tuesday, September 15

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has outlined her priorities for the EU, focusing on closer ties with Canada, online child protection, climate change, and Russia’s war on Ukraine

2:08 PM on Monday, August 31