Politics & Government News

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

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

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

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

11:09 PM on Monday, March 30

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate

11:07 PM on Monday, March 30

A proposal in Georgia could allow DNA to be collected from immigrants taken into custody for minor offenses

9:01 PM on Monday, March 30

A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library

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

4:38 PM on Monday, March 30

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough

4:17 PM on Monday, March 30

Former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has died

1:34 PM on Monday, March 30

Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change

10:03 AM on Monday, March 30

The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown

8:19 AM on Monday, March 30

U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan say the United States supports efforts by Taiwan's government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament

3:09 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed the budget in a marathon overnight session, likely ensuring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will complete its term until the fall

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

1:07 AM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump says Iran faces massive damage to its energy system unless it quickly agrees to end the war

12:50 AM on Monday, March 30

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, potentially including desalination plants that supply drinking water