Politics & Government News

9:25 PM on Friday, May 1

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

8:45 PM on Friday, May 1

The U.S. Air Force has completed modifications to a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One

4:28 PM on Friday, May 1

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat

4:06 PM on Friday, May 1

West Virginia's next Catholic bishop was born in El Salvador and has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

3:59 PM on Friday, May 1

A Trump administration task force has alleged discrimination against Christians during Joe Biden's presidency

3:25 PM on Friday, May 1

A federal judge in New York is protecting about 3,000 refugees from Yemen from being forced to leave the U.S., saying the Temporary Protected Status that was repeatedly granted to them should be extended again

2:43 PM on Friday, May 1

The world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting

2:27 PM on Friday, May 1

Restless Democratic voters are rejecting their party’s establishment

1:01 PM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Nicole Saphier as his third pick for U.S. surgeon general

12:52 PM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump says his administration is still weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines “but only if it's a good deal” for the government

12:39 PM on Friday, May 1

The Pentagon says it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks This will allow the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars

12:00 PM on Friday, May 1

The head of the European Parliament trade committee calls President Donald Trump’s tariff hike on European Union automobiles “unacceptable.”

11:53 AM on Friday, May 1

A former Miami congressman and close friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been convicted in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela’s socialist government during the first Trump administration

11:52 AM on Friday, May 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says that he’s “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations to end war between the countries

11:36 AM on Friday, May 1

After being forced to check his Academy Award on a trans-Atlantic flight, recent winner Pavel Talankin’s Oscar went missing before an airline tracked it down two days later

11:13 AM on Friday, May 1

8:14 AM on Friday, May 1

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations to end the war

7:08 AM on Friday, May 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s concerned about the allure of easy money — lottery tickets, buy now, pay later loans and the promise of a crypto windfall

6:21 AM on Friday, May 1

Israeli authorities say they are taking two activists detained in international waters and who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza to Israel for questioning

12:04 AM on Friday, May 1

The White House is telling Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in the region