Politics & Government News

9:06 PM on Friday, April 10

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

9:05 PM on Friday, April 10

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

5:43 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

4:33 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

4:13 PM on Friday, April 10

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

3:31 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

2:12 PM on Friday, April 10

Two days before Hungary's elections, over 100,000 people gathered in Budapest for a concert urging citizens to vote out Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

1:55 PM on Friday, April 10

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

1:48 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

1:46 PM on Friday, April 10

Kansas City, Missouri, would issue $600 million in bonds for a new stadium for Major League Baseball’s Royals under a proposal officials there are pursuing

1:35 PM on Friday, April 10

First lady Melania Trump has denied any connection to Jeffrey Epstein

1:12 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

12:59 PM on Friday, April 10

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has become a citizen of Albania

12:03 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

12:01 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

4:52 AM on Friday, April 10

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

3:22 AM on Friday, April 10

In his first 100 days in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has governed with a star power unusual in politics

11:12 PM on Thursday, April 9

With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. and Iranian negotiators are heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials

9:31 PM on Thursday, April 9

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

9:01 PM on Thursday, April 9

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