Politics & Government News

2:31 PM on Friday, September 12

Spain's Foreign Minister has summoned Israel's acting ambassador in Madrid following comments made about Spain from the Israeli Prime Minister's office

2:29 PM on Friday, September 12

The Iranian foreign minister says Iran and France are close to agreeing to an exchange of prisoners, including the release of an Iranian woman arrested in France over online posts related to the war in Gaza

1:58 PM on Friday, September 12

1:00 PM on Friday, September 12

Some of the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic bishops and nuns on the front lines of America’s immigration conflict gathered in Washington to decry the Trump administration’s hard-line policies

12:40 PM on Friday, September 12

Suspect in assassination of Charlie Kirk is arrested on suspicion of capital murder, weapons and obstruction offenses

12:34 PM on Friday, September 12

12:26 PM on Friday, September 12

The French are getting to know their new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has a unique greeting style

12:19 PM on Friday, September 12

A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to update its immigration services website to reflect 600,000 Venezuelans with temporary protected status are legally allowed to live and work in the United States

12:11 PM on Friday, September 12

The United Nations is trying to help move displaced Syrians who have been sheltering in schools in a southwestern province that was engulfed in sectarian clashes this summer to alternative housing ahead of the start of the new schoolyear

11:21 AM on Friday, September 12

11:20 AM on Friday, September 12

Dozens of angry European lawmakers bang their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk

11:17 AM on Friday, September 12

The United States has suspended talks with Kosovo, saying the actions by its caretaker government were leading to increased tensions and instability in the small Balkan country and the region

11:10 AM on Friday, September 12

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is traveling to Madrid this weekend for trade talks with Chinese counterparts

10:58 AM on Friday, September 12

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods this spring and summer

9:55 AM on Friday, September 12

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

9:45 AM on Friday, September 12

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power

6:33 AM on Friday, September 12

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is willing to risk a government shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accept Democratic demands on health care

6:23 AM on Friday, September 12

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

12:03 AM on Friday, September 12

President Donald Trump has threatened sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests

9:12 PM on Thursday, September 11

Vice President JD Vance flew to Salt Lake City aboard Air Force Two to pick up Charlie Kirk's casket and transport it to his home state of Arizona