Politics & Government News

11:29 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has appointed a new attorney general to the national prosecutor’s office, putting an end to a fierce, years-long struggle between the anti-corruption progressive and former top prosecutor Consuelo Porras

9:13 PM on Tuesday, May 5

8:52 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Antigua and Barbuda swore in a new Cabinet on Tuesday after Prime Minister Gaston Browne's party won a fourth consecutive election

8:19 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Costa Rica’s outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves will remain a top official in his successor’s government, granting the outgoing populist immunity in the face of his legal troubles

7:33 PM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump will host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday for talks about shared economic and security issues

7:20 PM on Tuesday, May 5

White House officials are renewing calls on China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz

6:52 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Seven candidates who want to be California's next governor have engaged in sharp attacks on each other on issues from gas prices to taxes to immigration

6:44 PM on Tuesday, May 5

Washington interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll says that 13 officers have been placed on administrative leave in connection with an internal investigation into how the department compiles crime statistics, a subject that also faces scrutiny from Congress and the U.S. Attorney’s Office

2:12 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The National Park Service says debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals

2:09 PM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump is renewing his criticism of Pope Leo XIV

12:42 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The primary election in Ohio has set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber, while biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s former health director as he seeks to keep the governor’s office in GOP hands

8:49 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump says he has paused the U.S. effort to guide stranded commercial vessels from the Strait of Hormuz to finalize a deal with Iran to end the war

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

6:10 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump says he is pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place

12:12 AM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way

12:06 AM on Tuesday, May 5

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost

12:06 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Vice President JD Vance has visited Iowa to promote the administration's tax and tariff policies while campaigning on behalf of Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn

12:03 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Democrat Chedrick Greene has won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term

12:01 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Ohio's primary election set up two marquee matchups in November

12:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21