Politics & Government News

7:30 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Bahamians headed to the polls in a general election preceded by intense, sometimes heated, campaigning across the islands that make up The Bahamas

5:54 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A federal judge has ruled that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant

5:35 PM on Tuesday, May 12

5:12 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Brazil says that the European Union has moved to block its animal product exports from September, just days after a mega deal between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and the EU on a trans-Atlantic market estimated at $22 trillion went into effect, at least provisionally

5:04 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Former President Barack Obama has met with U.S. candidate James Talarico in Texas, backing a campaign seen by Democrats one of their best chances of winning in the conservative state

4:51 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Republican senators say they need more details on a $1 billion security proposal for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump’s new East Wing ballroom

4:14 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Texas public schools have seen a drop of about 76,000 students this academic year, marking the first non-pandemic decline in nearly 40 years

3:59 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Brazil’s government has launched an anti-organized crime program, allowing $2 billion in spending on public security

3:28 PM on Tuesday, May 12

2:51 PM on Tuesday, May 12

President Donald Trump won't have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal

2:41 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Honduran authorities arrested a powerful former official accused of masterminding the 2024 assassination of an environmental leader Juan López

2:15 PM on Tuesday, May 12

President Donald Trump's plan to put weapons in space, called the “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program, is estimated to cost much more than he originally said

1:39 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief

1:18 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile as a key part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces

8:17 AM on Tuesday, May 12

President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing to meet with China's President Xi Jinping

5:02 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the rising cost of the conflict and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles

4:50 AM on Tuesday, May 12

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists he has no intention of resigning despite growing calls within his Labour Party for him to step down

4:07 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Kuwait has accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab nation

12:01 AM on Tuesday, May 12

President Donald Trump is downplaying differences with President Xi Jinping over the U.S. conflict in Iran as he heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with the Chinese leader

7:57 AM on Monday, May 11

Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey isn't on the primary ballot Tuesday but is staking his political capital to reshape his party’s massive supermajorities in the state Legislature more to his liking