Politics & Government News

8:06 AM on Friday, February 27

The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December

7:17 AM on Friday, February 27

Republican congressman Kevin Kiley has seen the political ground shift beneath him this past year

6:41 AM on Friday, February 27

The imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group in Turkey is urging the government in Ankara to adopt new legislation that would advance peace effort to end their decades-long conflict

6:23 AM on Friday, February 27

Britain’s Green Party has scored a surprise victory in a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party

5:55 AM on Friday, February 27

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she will start to “provisionally implement” a massive trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of nations in South America despite not having approval from European Parliament

5:48 AM on Friday, February 27

The EU will 'provisionally implement' a trade deal with a South American bloc of nations without parliament approval

5:44 AM on Friday, February 27

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting India to reset strained ties and push deeper trade cooperation with New Delhi

4:04 AM on Friday, February 27

China’s legislature has removed 19 lawmakers, including nine military officers, as President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive shows no sign of letting up

4:02 AM on Friday, February 27

New Gallup poll finds that American sympathy has shifted toward Palestinians after decades of strong support for Israel

3:57 AM on Friday, February 27

The European Commission has asked its anti-fraud watchdog to examine Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein during his time as the EU’s trade chief

2:15 AM on Friday, February 27

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s and ‘80s

2:11 AM on Friday, February 27

South Korea’s government says it will allow Google to export detailed mapping data of the country to overseas servers under certain security requirements

2:00 AM on Friday, February 27

1:23 AM on Friday, February 27

Nepal heads into a crucial election with three main contenders, after youth protests shook the country’s politics last year and ousted former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli

12:29 AM on Friday, February 27

A crowded Democratic primary in Illinois is shaping up as the next test for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful advocacy organization that has stirred anger and frustration while exacerbating tensions over the war in Gaza

11:32 PM on Thursday, February 26

Britain’s Green Party wins a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow to Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer

9:20 PM on Thursday, February 26

Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone

2:59 PM on Thursday, February 26

U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians

1:14 PM on Thursday, February 26

The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will meet in a closed session a day after the FBI served search warrants at the district’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

4:41 AM on Thursday, February 26

The Green Party has won a special election in England, a big boost for the small party and a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose center-left Labour Party was relegated to third place