Politics & Government News

7:36 AM on Friday, January 30

Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election

7:26 AM on Friday, January 30

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board is holding a special session to discuss risks to nuclear safety in Ukraine as concerns mount that relentless Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure pose an increasing danger of a nuclear accident

7:16 AM on Friday, January 30

Denmark has unveiled a deportation reform under which foreigners who are convicted of serious crimes, like aggravated assault and rape, would be expelled

5:51 AM on Friday, January 30

Trump will nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair

4:46 AM on Friday, January 30

Ethiopia’s national carrier cancelled flights to and from its troubled northern region of Tigray as fears grew of a renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces

3:38 AM on Friday, January 30

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them

3:17 AM on Friday, January 30

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's request to pause attacks on Ukraine's power grid for a week

3:04 AM on Friday, January 30

Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding

1:54 AM on Friday, January 30

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy

12:24 AM on Friday, January 30

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly leaked from a facility run by the largest gold miner in Liberia in recent years

11:10 PM on Thursday, January 29

Six Iranians spoke to The Associated Press about the protests in Iran, describing a renewed sense of hope even with a bloody crackdown on demonstrators

11:09 PM on Thursday, January 29

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign

8:30 PM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion

8:00 PM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump said he plans to announce his choice for Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning

6:16 PM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

5:55 PM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands

3:04 PM on Thursday, January 29

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization

10:37 AM on Thursday, January 29

Costa Ricans appear ready to vote to continue supporting the program of outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves in Sunday’s presidential election

11:34 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Democrats and the White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement

11:08 PM on Wednesday, January 28

Melania Trump is capping her first year after becoming first lady again with the global release of a documentary about the 20 days before she and President Donald Trump returned to the White House