Politics & Government News

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

4:14 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

3:47 PM on Thursday, April 16

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

3:04 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

2:02 PM on Thursday, April 16

Keiko Fujimori leads in Peru's presidential race with 17.06% of the vote

12:51 PM on Thursday, April 16

The House has rejected a resolution requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action

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

12:42 PM on Thursday, April 16

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a key suspect in a corruption scandal that has sparked public outrage in the Philippines has been arrested in the Czech Republic and efforts were underway to repatriate the former lawmaker

11:57 AM on Thursday, April 16

Congressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

11:51 AM on Thursday, April 16

A leftist South African politician who has drawn the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle at a political rally in 2018

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

1:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump

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

7:08 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District on Thursday will fill the House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill