Politics & Government News

6:20 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona

6:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States

5:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises

3:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has postponed his upcoming show in Marseille

1:29 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says that “very detailed” measures to verify Iran’s nuclear activities must be put in place in a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Guerreros Buscadores and dozens of other groups in Mexico scour the country for people who are missing

6:20 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project

4:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol over five years ago

2:58 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The U.S. has sanctioned three individuals and two casinos over alleged links to Mexico's Cartel del Noreste

2:24 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The wife of a former upstate New York town official has admitted deleting doorbell camera video of an incident in which her husband shot and wounded a lost DoorDash delivery driver

12:45 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The public defender for a man accused of throwing an incendiary device at Sam Altman’s home says her client has autism and was experiencing an “acute mental health crisis.”

11:24 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Young Hungarians have played a crucial role in ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule

10:45 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the U.S., defying pressures where other countries have caved

7:44 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Voters in Peru face a presidential runoff in June after no candidate won the weekend election outright

6:49 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended the fuel tax in response to the Iran war

1:39 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The U.S. military claims it has successfully begun enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, escalating tensions with Iran

11:25 PM on Monday, April 13

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has announced he’s leaving Congress and the crowded contest for California governor following sexual assault allegations that he denies

11:02 PM on Monday, April 13

An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., was approved by the House Tuesday

11:01 PM on Monday, April 13

Candidates for California governor have gathered for the first time since U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s dramatic exit over sexual assault allegations

2:51 PM on Monday, March 30