Politics & Government News

8:57 AM on Thursday, June 25

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The European Union has disbursed the first 3 billion-euro tranche of a 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine

3:30 AM on Thursday, June 25

A new bipartisan nonprofit wants to help Americans who find they're out of work because of AI

9:55 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran have reversed course, holding a late-night vote to try to appease him

9:11 PM on Wednesday, June 24

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party

7:58 PM on Wednesday, June 24

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a criminal investigation into whether federal authorities broke state law by allowing fentanyl pills to reach the streets

7:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

A former New York City Council candidate has been charged with forgery over allegations he used artificial intelligence to post fake endorsements and news articles on social media

7:08 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the treason convictions and 14-year prison sentences of journalists Phorn Sopheap and Pheap Pheara, who were accused of posting Facebook photos from a restricted military zone during last year’s border clashes with Thailand

5:59 PM on Wednesday, June 24

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U.S. House members have pledged strong support for Taiwan and welcomed Han Kuo-yu, president of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, to Washington

4:09 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Live Nation lawyers have revealed that President Donald Trump spoke personally with the chief executive of Live Nation in the weeks before the Justice Department abruptly settled its longstanding antitrust lawsuit against the entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary

3:25 PM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump's visit to Capitol Hill is rekindling a feud with one Republican senator

3:16 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Congressional Democrats are calling for investigations into renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the ongoing drama over the president’s problem-plagued, $16 million rehabilitation project continues to roil the capital

2:13 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time, as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action

9:38 AM on Wednesday, June 24

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections

7:30 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political newcomer, has been declared Colombia’s next president

5:35 AM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump is on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday for a campaign-style rally that he hopes gets Americans excited about his presidency and the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations

3:49 AM on Wednesday, June 24

President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about himself

9:03 PM on Tuesday, June 23

Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump on Wednesday over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote to try to appease him, voting down a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed

9:02 PM on Tuesday, June 23

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has met with President Donald Trump, advocating for the military alliance that the U.S. leader has sharply criticized