Politics

 Republican-controlled legislature in Alabama passed a new congressional map Friday that included one majority-Black district, but didn’t add a second—despite the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to draw two districts with majority-Black populations or “something...

A federal court in Louisiana on Tuesday barred parts of the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms about broad swaths of content online, a ruling that could curtail efforts to combat false and misleading...

Even as it has ushered in sweeping changes to American law and society – on abortion, gun rights and affirmative action – the U.S. Supreme Court has kept tabs on another issue of keen interest to its conservative majority: keeping federal...

A watchdog group called for an investigation after the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a large no-bid contract to build a small stretch of border wall to a company owned by a major Republican donor. The Army Corps of...

Crowds gathered outside the Metropole hotel as motorcades for US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un left the area with the two leaders after their second historic meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday....

Three British ministers vowed on Saturday to defy Prime Minister Theresa May and delay Brexit if lawmakers do not back a deal. Greg Clark, Amber Rudd and David Gauke — respectively Secretary of State for Business,...

Theresa May will present the EU with new legal proposals to solve the Irish backstop issue on Wednesday, which No 10 hopes will be enough to convince Eurosceptics to back her Brexit deal. The prime minister is...

Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont whose 2016 presidential campaign helped energize the progressive movement and reshaped the Democratic party, has entered the 2020 race for the White House. Sanders, a self-styled democratic socialist who...

The withdrawal of US troops from Syria has created a power vacuum that could play into the hands of Russia, Turkey and Iran. Time is running out for Ankara to pick a side, experts told DW....

Nicolas Maduro has told Euronews that an attempt to overthrow his government is “over” as he attacked the European Union for “blindly” following the politics of Donald Trump in backing his opponents. Maduro said National Assembly...