Politics & Government News

6:10 PM on Tuesday, May 5

U.S. health regulators have announced their first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers

4:13 PM on Tuesday, May 5

4:07 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The Wyoming GOP has voted to defy a state law that prohibits endorsing candidates before primary elections

2:46 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Denver and its police department seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that’s been in place for Colorado’s largest city since 1989

1:34 PM on Tuesday, May 5

President Donald Trump is reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as he reintroduces a competitive physical fitness test in America's schools

1:23 PM on Tuesday, May 5

A Federal Aviation Administration employee in New Hampshire is accused of sending an email to the White House threatening to kill President Donald Trump after using his work computer to research assassination attempts and related topics

12:59 PM on Tuesday, May 5

The United States and its Gulf allies have proposed a U.N. resolution threatening with sanctions or other measures if it doesn’t halt attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, stop imposing “illegal tolls” and disclose the placement of all mines to allow freedom of navigation

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

8:39 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

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

12:12 AM on Tuesday, May 5

Nayomie Mendoza is a Mexican American business owner who is celebrating Mexican history and resilience on Cinco de Mayo