Politics & Government News

5:06 PM on Friday, June 12

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table

4:47 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement

4:31 PM on Friday, June 12

Organizations providing legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children say agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Health and Human Services attempted to enter their offices

3:58 PM on Friday, June 12

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky

2:48 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend

2:36 PM on Friday, June 12

Dana White and the UFC's journey to the White House began 25 years ago with a modest event in Atlantic City called “Battle on the Boardwalk.”

2:26 PM on Friday, June 12

The European Union has agreed to start membership talks with Ukraine next week

1:41 PM on Friday, June 12

Maine has begun counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor’s office and a pivotal U.S. House of Representatives race

1:29 PM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's finance minister has presented the new budget to lawmakers, a draft that hikes defense spending by 18% while trimming funding for development programs and offering modest tax reliefs for salaried workers

1:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday

1:04 PM on Friday, June 12

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files

11:04 AM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government

9:29 AM on Friday, June 12

NATO’s top military officer is considering new plans to defend Europe if Russia attacks

7:07 AM on Friday, June 12

Pope Leo XIV is warning human traffickers that they will face God’s wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants

6:57 AM on Friday, June 12

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion

6:45 AM on Friday, June 12

Hundreds of Indonesian students have protested in Jakarta, the capital, and other cities, demanding lower fuel and food prices

1:19 AM on Friday, June 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe

12:05 AM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump is anticipating a significant weekend for his presidency

12:05 AM on Thursday, June 11

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to let Alabama execute a man with nitrogen gas

7:14 PM on Tuesday, June 9

California’s most prominent congressional elections for this fall’s midterms are now set, with two districts in particular ready to test Democrats’ redrawn U.S. House map