Politics & Government News

10:36 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

10:27 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that's more than 50 years old

10:25 AM on Tuesday, June 30

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The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people

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Opposition and civil society groups in Congo are protesting a new ban on public demonstrations related to the Ebola outbreak there

9:19 AM on Tuesday, June 30

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate

9:01 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza

8:35 AM on Tuesday, June 30

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8:19 AM on Tuesday, June 30

U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar for meetings with mediators working to negotiate an end to the war with Iran

8:08 AM on Tuesday, June 30

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

5:57 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in South Africa to protest illegal immigration

5:50 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Animal welfare activists in Montenegro are alarmed by the issue of abandoned animals amid a heat wave in the Balkans

4:29 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Britain's future military will focus on self-flying jets, uncrewed submarines and drones

12:09 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who’s been away from Congress for almost four months with an unspecified medical condition, has returned to say he had been treated for depression

9:29 PM on Monday, June 29

An explosive went off in an apartment building entrance in Monaco, wounding three people, reportedly including a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia

10:14 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Thousands of African immigrants are leaving South Africa because of a rise in anti-migration anger that have sparked attacks against foreigners

11:22 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A coastal development project in Albania linked to President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance