Politics & Government News

10:10 AM on Sunday, June 7

12:08 AM on Sunday, June 7

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years, offering North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy anchored by closer ties with his country’s former Cold War allies

12:06 AM on Sunday, June 7

A national redistricting battle is about to enter a new phase

9:32 PM on Saturday, June 6

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a U_S_ push for denuclearization of North Korea “anachronistic dream."

5:27 PM on Saturday, June 6

A weekslong standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement outside a New Jersey immigration detention center has become the latest flashpoint for protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

12:32 PM on Saturday, June 6

Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft

11:29 AM on Saturday, June 6

Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have arrested dozens of supporters of an outlawed group demanding improved services and greater rights

11:08 AM on Saturday, June 6

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has uses a D-Day anniversary speech in France to link immigration by sea to wartime liberation

9:35 AM on Saturday, June 6

Lebanon’s government has inaugurated the country’s second international airport which is expected to open to the public within weeks

9:16 AM on Saturday, June 6

The upcoming World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches across the United, Mexico, and Canada

9:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities

8:05 AM on Saturday, June 6

President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office

6:43 AM on Saturday, June 6

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died

4:10 AM on Saturday, June 6

Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait

3:34 AM on Saturday, June 6

Residents of St. Petersburg have been told to stay indoors after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city

12:36 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice

12:17 AM on Saturday, June 6

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain

12:03 AM on Saturday, June 6

Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties

12:01 AM on Saturday, June 6

The Cockroach Janata Party, a satirical online movement, has taken its first steps into real-world politics

11:56 AM on Tuesday, May 26