Politics & Government News

9:01 PM on Sunday, April 12

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied to celebrate 100 days in office, boosting his early accomplishments and charting future goals as he pledged to lead with a relentless focus on the city’s working-class

6:07 PM on Sunday, April 12

Waters off the coast of California will soon be open to commercial salmon fishing for the first time since 2022

3:59 PM on Sunday, April 12

North Carolina authorities are searching for a possible arson suspect after a woman with serious burns said a man doused her with gasoline and set her on fire

11:48 AM on Sunday, April 12

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. has no valid reason to attack the island or to try to depose him

8:41 AM on Sunday, April 12

South Africa's Democratic Alliance has elected Geordin Hill-Lewis as its new leader

8:06 AM on Sunday, April 12

In an analysis of how Donald Trump treats almost every setback as a win and repeats it until many people doubt the loss, Associated Press writer Will Weissert cites the war with Iran as one of the latest examples

8:01 AM on Sunday, April 12

America’s history is being seen through different lenses as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary

7:56 AM on Sunday, April 12

In an analysis of how Donald Trump treats almost every setback as a win and repeats it until many people doubt the loss, Associated Press writer Will Weissert cites the war with Iran as one of the latest examples

2:25 AM on Sunday, April 12

Votes have been cast in Benin where the country is choosing a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power

1:37 AM on Sunday, April 12

China has announced it will resume some ties with Taiwan, including direct flights and imports of Taiwanese aquaculture products

12:13 AM on Sunday, April 12

Authorities say that a stampede at a popular mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens

12:11 AM on Sunday, April 12

Hungarian voters have ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions

12:02 AM on Sunday, April 12

Millions of Americans are expected to claim new federal tax breaks for tips and overtime wages under a law enacted by President Donald Trump

12:02 AM on Sunday, April 12

President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise

10:22 PM on Saturday, April 11

The world economy is experiencing a disorienting flashback to the 1970s

9:54 PM on Saturday, April 11

Hobbling on one leg, Carlos Ulberg refused to let an injured knee ruin the opportunity he earned at UFC 327 on Saturday night

3:43 PM on Saturday, April 11

A federal judge has been instructed to reconsider the possible national security implications of halting construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom

1:50 AM on Saturday, April 11

Prominent supporters of California Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for governor are withdrawing their support in a stunning political reversal

12:27 AM on Saturday, April 11

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says negotiations between the United States and Iran ended without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon

8:46 AM on Friday, April 10

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has brought about an end to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule