Politics & Government News

12:40 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Public hearings on proposed constitutional amendments in Zimbabwe have turned chaotic and violent

11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

9:08 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice

9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31

8:54 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Senegal’s president has signed into law a new provision increasing the punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African nation

8:36 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Japan and Indonesia have agreed to deepen economic ties and work together on energy security as the two Asian countries face growing uncertainty over oil and gas supplies

8:29 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A veteran South African politician is campaigning for mayor of Johannesburg by snorkeling in a giant, water-filled trench

8:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

7:44 AM on Tuesday, March 31

5:21 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat

5:10 AM on Tuesday, March 31

4:25 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Czech police say they have arrested a foreign man who claims he threw Molotov cocktails at a Russian cultural center in Prague last week

2:37 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Top European diplomats are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia’s invading forces four years ago

2:32 AM on Tuesday, March 31

12:19 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both cheap and environmentally friendly as global oil markets tremble amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East

11:15 PM on Monday, March 30

Mongolia’s parliament has confirmed Uchral Nyam-Osor as prime minister to break a political deadlock and try to calm economic fears

5:45 PM on Monday, March 30

This year’s Webby Award nominations highlight the internet’s wildest hits, from celebrity campaigns to strange viral products

12:58 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do

2:56 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure critics condemn as discriminatory and inhumane

11:06 AM on Monday, March 16