Politics & Government News

3:19 PM on Thursday, June 18

A bill in Sacramento could bring major changes to the California Public Records Act

3:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

Georgia lawmakers are poised to delay making any changes to the state’s current vote-counting method ahead of this year's midterm elections

3:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30

2:57 PM on Thursday, June 18

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has lashed out at members of Israel’s government, saying that the country is deeply isolated and its leaders have failed to appreciate U.S. diplomatic and military support

2:50 PM on Thursday, June 18

Janeese Lewis George has won Washington, D.C.'s Democratic primary for mayor, setting up a potential clash with the Trump administration over the city’s limited autonomy

1:00 PM on Thursday, June 18

French President Emmanuel Macron's effort to court U.S. President Donald Trump culminated in a surprise moment at the Versailles Palace

12:47 PM on Thursday, June 18

South Africa has started building another temporary deportation center to process the repatriation of Malawians to their home country, after thousands protested earlier this year against illegal immigration that has fueled tensions between locals and foreign nationals

12:43 PM on Thursday, June 18

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures

12:38 PM on Thursday, June 18

Washington, D.C., mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie has conceded the Democratic primary race to Janeese Lewis George

12:10 PM on Thursday, June 18

Zimbabwe’s lower house has approved constitutional changes that would delay elections and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure by two years

11:58 AM on Thursday, June 18

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a dinner for U.S. President Donald Trump at Versailles, where Trump signed an initial deal with Iran

9:32 AM on Thursday, June 18

European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels without Hungary's Viktor Orbán for the first time in 16 years

9:10 AM on Thursday, June 18

The European Union has reached out to Moscow in a tentative bid to open a line of communication so the continent is not sidelined in any potential talks to end Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, officials said

8:37 AM on Thursday, June 18

8:05 AM on Thursday, June 18

America's 250th birthday marks a milestone of resilience for Native Americans

8:03 AM on Thursday, June 18

A bipartisan bill top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate

6:27 AM on Thursday, June 18

Authorities in Niger say that an attack at the airport in Niger’s capital has killed 11 soldiers and two civilians, while 22 of the attackers have been killed by security forces

5:39 AM on Thursday, June 18

The Slovak government has won a parliamentary confidence vote after the country's debt exceeded constitutional fiscal limits

3:24 AM on Thursday, June 18

Ukraine has hit a major Moscow oil refinery for the second time in a week, disrupting hundreds of flights at the capital's airports

12:10 AM on Thursday, June 18

Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination