Politics & Government News

5:55 PM on Thursday, April 16

Brazil’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem celebrated on Thursday his release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a two-day arrest in Orlando

5:25 PM on Thursday, April 16

Virginia’s former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is accused of killing himself and his wife while their children were home

4:50 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on two sons of Nicaragua’s copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, along with other officials and companies tied to the country’s gold sector

4:36 PM on Thursday, April 16

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment

4:22 PM on Thursday, April 16

During a contentious era, one of journalism's leading figures says he's concerned about news outlets that may be losing their moral compass

4:14 PM on Thursday, April 16

Chinese government officials are urging travels to avoid entering the U.S. through Seattle

3:59 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Republic of Congo’s president, Denis Sassou N’Guesso, has been sworn in to a new five-year term in a packed stadium

3:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by the Senate Banking Committee

3:47 PM on Thursday, April 16

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his Fidesz party needs a “complete renewal” after losing Sunday's election

3:46 PM on Thursday, April 16

New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department says that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last year

3:40 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

3:04 PM on Thursday, April 16

Benin’s Constitutional Court has confirmed the presidential election victory of Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni in the West African country's weekend election

2:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign after it emerged that his former ambassador to the United States was initially denied security clearance for the role that he was eventually fired from over his close links to the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

2:20 PM on Thursday, April 16

The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has apologized for what she says were “harmful” social media posts she made as a teenager

2:16 PM on Thursday, April 16

California is clashing with the Trump administration again with a bill that could leave doctors caught between state and federal law

12:47 PM on Thursday, April 16

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight should it happen

7:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States

5:59 AM on Thursday, April 16

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws

12:12 AM on Thursday, April 16

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests

4:39 PM on Wednesday, April 15

The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 85-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody in Louisiana after she was detained earlier this month