Politics & Government News

5:04 AM on Thursday, February 26

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she won't run for president if a Paris appeals court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet over alleged misuse of European Union funds

4:15 AM on Thursday, February 26

A court in Bangladesh’s capital has ordered authorities to request that Interpol issue a red notice for the arrest of a British lawmaker on charges of corruption in a private real estate project

12:01 AM on Thursday, February 26

As Iran talks resume, most Americans have low trust in Trump's judgment on military force, new AP-NORC poll finds

11:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho has developed a reputation for improving academics and graduation rates while leading two major U.S. districts

9:49 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A car chase involving federal immigration enforcement officers has led to a muti-vehicle crash in Newark, New Jersey

9:15 PM on Wednesday, February 25

9:14 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employees who participated in the probe into the Republican’s hoarding of classified documents

8:22 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election

7:52 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Venezuela’s attorney general resigns but lawmakers immediately shift him into a top human rights job

7:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the United States is blocking funding for the cost of defending himself against drug trafficking charges

6:48 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The Justice Department says it is looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files

4:58 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds

2:49 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that California’s attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobil’s plastics recycling claims

12:28 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

11:04 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

4:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program

3:04 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range

1:00 AM on Wednesday, February 25

China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine

12:11 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro

4:15 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Iran and the United States are holding a new round of talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program