Politics & Government News

3:23 PM on Thursday, February 12

PEN America named Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf as its permanent co-CEOs after a leadership transition

3:11 PM on Thursday, February 12

3:10 PM on Thursday, February 12

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass

2:42 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles

2:22 PM on Thursday, February 12

FX and Hulu’s new series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” retells the couple’s romance and death, and has sparked criticism from Kennedy's nephew, Jack Schlossberg

2:15 PM on Thursday, February 12

1:30 PM on Thursday, February 12

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is sending troops into communities to help police fight illegal mining and gang violence

12:42 PM on Thursday, February 12

Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed

11:57 AM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former U.S. Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

11:54 AM on Thursday, February 12

Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for calling on US troops to resist unlawful orders

11:20 AM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds

11:10 AM on Thursday, February 12

UNICEF is saying that illegal armed groups in Colombia are recruiting far more children, with verified cases quadrupling in five years

11:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

President Donald Trump has invited Latin American leaders to take part in a summit in Florida next month, gathering the officials at a moment when the administration is spotlighting what it sees as concerning Chinese influence in the region

9:41 AM on Thursday, February 12

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he did not think it was appropriate for the Justice Department to be tracking the search history of lawmakers who are reviewing files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation

9:37 AM on Thursday, February 12

The prime minister of Barbados has clinched a third consecutive term in office after securing all 30 seats of Parliament

9:03 AM on Thursday, February 12

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust

7:50 AM on Thursday, February 12

Mexico has sent two navy ships with humanitarian aid to Cuba as tighter U.S. pressure worsens the island’s energy crisis

6:05 AM on Thursday, February 12

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe that President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities

11:05 PM on Wednesday, February 11

European Union leaders reached a broad agreement Thursday in a Belgian castle to restructure the 27-nation bloc’s economy as they face antagonism from Trump, strong-China and Russia

7:36 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Bangladesh has held its first election since the 2024 mass protests toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government