Politics & Government News

6:18 AM on Friday, February 6

Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies

6:09 AM on Friday, February 6

Thousands of pages of once-secret court documents show how federal officials and a Virginia court helped an American Marine adopt an Afghan war orphan, in defiance of the U.S. government’s official policy to unite the child with her family

5:30 AM on Friday, February 6

Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement to transfer over 300 Syrian detainees from Lebanese prisons to continue their sentences in Syria

10:48 PM on Thursday, February 5

The Indonesian and Australian leaders have signed a security treaty that both governments say will deepen ties between the often-testy neighbors

10:32 PM on Thursday, February 5

The Democratic primary in Thursday's special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District is too early to call

10:05 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

9:01 PM on Thursday, February 5

A New York man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in connection with a death threat aimed at U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

8:59 PM on Thursday, February 5

Hong Kong judiciary says former pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday in national security case

8:58 PM on Thursday, February 5

Virginia Democrats have unveiled a new U.S. House map that aims to give the party four more seats in Congress

7:03 PM on Thursday, February 5

Political parties in Thailand are gearing up for their final campaign rallies ahead of a general election

6:37 PM on Thursday, February 5

Woody Allen’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has been known for years, but emails in the huge trove of records released by the Justice Department illustrate that relationship in new depth

3:45 PM on Thursday, February 5

Venezuela's legislature has advanced an amnesty bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez

3:44 PM on Thursday, February 5

The U_S_ has announced an additional $6 million in aid for Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions escalate between the two countries, with Cuba’s president accusing the U_S_ of an “energy blockade.”

2:38 PM on Thursday, February 5

Argentina and the United States have reached an expansive trade deal, a win for Argentine President Javier Milei as he moves to open up the South American nation’s notoriously protectionist economy and a reflection of the close alliance between the radical libertarian and U.S. President Donald Trump

11:13 AM on Thursday, February 5

The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate

10:18 AM on Thursday, February 5

Basic services at the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria are functioning normally after recent disruptions

9:41 AM on Thursday, February 5

In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro

5:41 AM on Thursday, February 5

Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein

3:06 AM on Thursday, February 5

The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level, military-to-military dialogue for the first time in more than four years

11:01 PM on Wednesday, February 4

The New Jersey U.S. House Democratic primary between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and an ex-congressman is too early to call