Politics & Government News

2:50 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U_S_ military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable."

12:35 PM on Sunday, December 7

State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans

12:35 PM on Sunday, December 7

President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case

11:50 AM on Sunday, December 7

The number of victims killed in an explosion outside a police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacán over the weekend has risen to five

11:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

Two police officers have been killed in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blame on the National Liberation Army, a Marxist guerrilla force active since the 1960s

9:50 AM on Sunday, December 7

A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey

9:01 AM on Sunday, December 7

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power

5:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

The coup in Benin on Sunday has been 'foiled,' the Minister of Interior says in a video on Facebook

4:39 AM on Sunday, December 7

Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020

2:38 AM on Sunday, December 7

A group of soldiers appear on Benin's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup

11:34 PM on Saturday, December 6

Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings

11:21 PM on Saturday, December 6

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command

8:38 PM on Saturday, December 6

A fire has devastated a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists

4:12 PM on Saturday, December 6

An explosion outside a police station in Michoacan, Mexico, has killed at least three people and wounded six others

3:57 PM on Saturday, December 6

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U_S_ military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”

3:50 PM on Saturday, December 6

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

2:38 PM on Saturday, December 6

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado have demonstrated in several cities worldwide to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win

1:36 PM on Saturday, December 6

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

12:51 PM on Saturday, December 6

President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony

9:59 AM on Monday, November 24