Politics & Government News

6:21 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Cameroon says Russia has confirmed the deaths of 16 Cameroonian soldiers in Ukraine

6:00 AM on Tuesday, April 7

5:01 AM on Tuesday, April 7

2:49 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The British government says Ye should “absolutely not” perform at London’s Wireless Festival

1:24 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's campaign ahead of a pivotal election

11:58 PM on Monday, April 6

A couple living in Iran's capital have grown used to the sound of daily airstrikes five weeks into the war

11:58 PM on Monday, April 6

Japan’s top government spokesperson says a Japanese national who had been detained in Iran since January has been released on bail

11:39 PM on Monday, April 6

Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state

11:20 PM on Monday, April 6

Airstrikes are pounding Tehran, and Iranian officials are urging young people to form human chains to protect power plants

11:08 PM on Monday, April 6

Democrats are hoping to increase liberal control of the state Supreme Court in battleground Wisconsin in an election that has focused largely on abortion rights as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues also await

11:07 PM on Monday, April 6

Republican Clay Fuller faces Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

11:02 PM on Monday, April 6

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

11:01 PM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump has extended a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday

8:25 PM on Monday, April 6

Authorities in British Columbia have urged people to stay away from a rock face above a highway in the Canadian province where a Volkswagen Beetle shell was suspended in an apparent prank by engineering students

5:58 PM on Monday, April 6

In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime

2:34 PM on Monday, April 6

The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran

9:02 AM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump is endorsing Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a wide-open race

12:19 AM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants if they don’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz

12:04 AM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his Tuesday ultimatum approaches

11:10 AM on Monday, March 23