Politics & Government News

3:02 AM on Saturday, June 13

When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations

1:11 AM on Saturday, June 13

A confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border

12:16 AM on Saturday, June 13

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent

9:20 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang

9:10 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrat Eric Jones has advanced to the November ballot in a Northern California congressional district, where he will face fellow Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson in the latest generational battle within the party

7:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward

5:51 PM on Friday, June 12

Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life

5:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds

5:15 PM on Friday, June 12

5:13 PM on Friday, June 12

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County’s main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds

5:06 PM on Friday, June 12

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

1:16 PM on Friday, June 12

The Kennedy Center is running out of options to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue

12:48 PM on Friday, June 12

Violent clashes have erupted in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change

11:35 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United State and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East

11:03 AM on Friday, June 12

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy

8:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal

5:21 AM on Friday, June 12

Chinese authorities have arrested an American scholar on suspicion of espionage

5:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States

12:02 AM on Friday, June 12

Defense lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk are asking a judge to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body

12:01 PM on Tuesday, May 26