Politics & Government News

12:42 PM on Tuesday, May 5

There are primary elections Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana as well as a key state Senate race in Michigan that will decide control of the chamber

12:30 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Prime Minister Mark Carney has named retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour as Canada’s next governor general

12:29 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Senate Republicans are pushing $1 billion in White House security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project

10:50 AM on Tuesday, May 5

French President Emmanuel Macron has stolen some of the spotlight from other world leaders in Armenia’s capital this week when he crooned classic ballads including “La Bohème” at a glitzy state dinner

10:36 AM on Tuesday, May 5

She was a beloved Bollywood singer whose voice resonated across a film-obsessed India for nearly eight decades

10:35 AM on Tuesday, May 5

10:28 AM on Tuesday, May 5

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe and the U.S. have more important things to do than waste time on tariff threats

10:08 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade

10:02 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade

9:56 AM on Tuesday, May 5

The Justice Department is seeking the names of every person who worked in the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold Donald Trump has accused of widespread voter fraud he falsely says cost him victory against Joe Biden in the state that year

8:49 AM on Tuesday, May 5

U.S. forces are pressing ahead with an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz

8:39 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Zambia accuses the U.S. of linking a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to its rich mineral resources

8:22 AM on Tuesday, May 5

7:26 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Thailand’s government has ended a 2001 agreement with Cambodia meant to resolve overlapping maritime claims

6:45 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Romania’s pro-European coalition has collapsed after lawmakers voted in favor of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan

3:54 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Japanese and Philippine defense chiefs have renewed alarm over what they say is China’s intensifying coercive actions in disputed waters and have agreed to start talks on a weapons transfer pact that will allow Tokyo to provide used destroyers to Manila’s navy

12:06 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Vice President JD Vance has stopped in Ohio as he makes his way to Iowa for the first time since taking office

12:03 AM on Tuesday, May 5

A special election in Michigan could decide whether Democrats maintain their slim majority in the state Senate for the final months of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term

12:01 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy aims to put a long and sometimes unpleasant primary season behind him Tuesday

11:57 PM on Monday, May 4

Tennessee becomes the latest Southern state to consider redrawing its congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the Voting Rights Act