Politics & Government News

12:36 PM on Saturday, June 13

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France

12:09 PM on Saturday, June 13

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his efforts to align with Europe and pivot away from its longstanding ally, the United States, meeting with leader of Ireland and saying middle power countries shouldn’t compete for favor with America

10:15 AM on Saturday, June 13

Donald Trump is making a splash by hosting a UFC event at the White House, marking his 80th birthday and the nation's 250th anniversary

10:08 AM on Saturday, June 13

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order that sought to eliminate “inappropriate content” at national museums, parks and landmarks

7:39 AM on Saturday, June 13

The decision by Senate Democrats to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they're increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights against President Donald Trump

3:02 AM on Saturday, June 13

When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations

1:11 AM on Saturday, June 13

A confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border

12:16 AM on Saturday, June 13

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent

9:20 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang

9:10 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrat Eric Jones has advanced to the November ballot in a Northern California congressional district, where he will face fellow Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson in the latest generational battle within the party

7:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward

5:51 PM on Friday, June 12

Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life

5:06 PM on Friday, June 12

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

1:16 PM on Friday, June 12

The Kennedy Center is running out of options to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue

12:48 PM on Friday, June 12

Violent clashes have erupted in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change

11:35 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United State and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East

11:03 AM on Friday, June 12

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy

8:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal

5:21 AM on Friday, June 12

Chinese authorities have arrested an American scholar on suspicion of espionage

5:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States