Politics & Government News

7:42 AM on Thursday, May 28

6:52 AM on Thursday, May 28

Israel’s attorney general says a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face criminal prosecution for leaking secret information to a German newspaper with the intent of harming the country’s security

6:03 AM on Thursday, May 28

Republicans' stumble on an immigration funding bill is raising questions about other parts of their legislative agenda

4:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

A Thai court has acquitted the leader of the Progressive Movement, of defaming the king and violating online laws

3:53 AM on Thursday, May 28

A Chinese human rights activist is in South Korean custody after a perilous escape from his country by a rubber boat

2:15 AM on Thursday, May 28

President Javier Milei of Argentina has cut funding for therapy programs for people with disabilities, affecting an estimated 5 million people

12:06 AM on Thursday, May 28

Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States

11:05 PM on Wednesday, May 27

A therapy dog named Sage is helping children at Valley View Elementary outside Minneapolis cope with trauma from the immigration crackdown

10:14 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Texas Democrat James Talarico has launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate

8:58 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The U.S. military has struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men

8:45 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that aims to shield California elections from federal interference ahead of the state's primary next week

8:02 PM on Wednesday, May 27

The Trump administration has placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

6:39 PM on Wednesday, May 27

Blocking someone from entering a house of worship is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues

3:53 PM on Wednesday, May 27

President Donald Trump says he plans to take in an NBA Finals game in New York when the series comes to Madison Square Garden next month

8:40 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Canada plans to buy early warning radar planes from Sweden’s Saab and Canada’s Bombardier, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday

3:09 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Spanish police have mounted a search of the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing

2:42 AM on Wednesday, May 27

Penpa Tsering has been sworn in for a second term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in India

11:02 PM on Tuesday, May 26

U.S. forces have carried out new defensive strikes on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones

11:10 PM on Sunday, May 24

The film “Pressure” explores the tense 72 hours before D-Day, highlighting the crucial role of Scottish meteorologist Capt. James Stagg

1:29 PM on Monday, May 11