Politics & Government News

4:21 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem plans to offer consular services for the first time at an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank

4:18 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits

3:53 PM on Tuesday, February 24

3:28 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Protesters have gathered on the Greek island of Crete following the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier that is part of a major buildup of American forces in the Middle East

2:33 PM on Tuesday, February 24

1:56 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said he is facing a Russian criminal investigation on charges of “aiding terrorism.”

1:54 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Influential British politician Peter Mandelson is under investigation for alleged misconduct in public office linked to his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

1:03 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A coalition of Wisconsin school districts, teachers’ unions, advocacy groups, parents, students and others has filed a lawsuit against the state Legislature alleging that it’s failing to fund public schools adequately

12:42 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Brazil’s Supreme Court has started the high-profile trial of the suspects allegedly behind the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver in 2018

12:35 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Texas congressman Tony Gonzales is resisting growing calls from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire

12:28 PM on Tuesday, February 24

The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses

12:10 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Sierra Leone's government says that several members of a security team including an officer have been apprehended and transported over the border by members of the Guinean military

11:28 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Canadian regulators have approved Gulfstream G700 and G800 business jets in a move that comes weeks after new tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump over the planes’ status in Canada

8:42 AM on Tuesday, February 24

FedEx is suing the U.S. government, requesting a full refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal

8:22 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade

7:53 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela

7:34 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Britain’s House of Commons has approved the release of confidential papers related to former Prince Andrew’s appointment as a trade envoy

4:10 AM on Tuesday, February 24

It's been four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as the country keeps fighting and Europe shows support but struggles to stay united

3:56 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war

3:26 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The U.S. ambassador to France has reached out to defuse a new diplomatic spat after skipping a French summons over U.S. comments on French politics