Politics & Government News

1:48 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.N. chief has warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians

1:46 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud

1:29 PM on Tuesday, August 12

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that France waged a war marked by "repressive violence" in Cameroon before and after its independence in 1960

1:29 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record

1:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A jury has awarded nearly $60 million to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights in filing sexual abuse charges

12:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao’s status as a powerhouse couple was on display as they attended a ceremony in Kentucky for the archives that will catalogue their careers

12:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the Senate next year as Democrats wage an uphill fight to win control of the chamber

12:44 PM on Tuesday, August 12

12:42 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is expected to run for the US Senate in 2026, giving Democrats a likely boost

12:36 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The United Nations has condemned an attack by a paramilitary group on a displacement camp in Sudan's western region of Darfur

12:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Attorneys for grassroots campaigners are again asking a judge to halt enforcement of parts of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s process to get citizens’ initiatives on the ballot

12:09 PM on Tuesday, August 12

As he seeks to boost his campaign for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo is proposing an overhaul to New York City’s rent laws and escalating his attacks on the frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani

11:31 AM on Tuesday, August 12

As cities across California ban homeless encampments and Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages more sweeps, San Jose lawmakers are standing up against criminalizing homelessness

11:07 AM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug

10:54 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country

10:50 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Two more Republicans have joined the growing list of candidates vying to become Georgia lieutenant governor in next year's election

7:35 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his lieutenant governor

6:46 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Syrian, U.S. and Jordanian officials say they will work together toward a permanent ceasefire in a southern Syrian region wracked by deadly sectarian clashes last month that threatened the country’s fragile security in the wake of its yearslong civil war

1:58 PM on Monday, August 11

The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows

6:07 AM on Monday, August 11

Local health officials in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 55 people overnight, including a well-known journalist who Israel said was a militant and people who witnesses say were seeking humanitarian aid