Politics & Government News

11:46 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A provincial government in Nepal has legalized farming and use of marijuana for medical purposes

10:35 PM on Tuesday, August 4

U.S. President Donald Trump says a deal on the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday or Thursday

6:07 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Brazil's government reduces its diplomatic presence in Argentina after renewed attacks by Argentine President Javier Milei against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

6:04 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

5:49 PM on Tuesday, August 4

4:47 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed

4:11 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Authorities say they have arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump’s California golf course two days ahead of the president’s visit

3:24 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Capybaras have been making surprise visits to a Brazilian state legislature

2:07 PM on Tuesday, August 4

Missouri’s top election official has rejected a petition for a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump

1:27 PM on Tuesday, August 4

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of October elections

11:04 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Princess Eugenie has given birth to her third child and first daughter

10:09 AM on Tuesday, August 4

The House Ethics Committee says it has opened an investigation into domestic abuse allegations made against Republican Rep. Max Miller

9:16 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the U.N. World Food Program

9:03 AM on Tuesday, August 4

The Democratic Senate race between Rep. Haley Stevens and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed is one of the clearest tests yet of the party’s future

8:00 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Water levels on the Danube River have dropped so low due to drought that World War II German battleships are emerging into view

4:18 AM on Tuesday, August 4

President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California and Nevada to try to draw contrasts with Democrats on the economy and other issues

9:03 PM on Monday, August 3

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed are in a close race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan

9:02 PM on Monday, August 3

U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell has won a rematch in a Missouri Democratic primary against former Rep. Cori Bush, an outspoken activist who had been part of a progressive group of House members known as the Squad

9:01 PM on Monday, August 3

Virginia Democrats picked establishment candidates to take on Republican incumbents in two congressional districts the party hopes to flip in November

9:01 PM on Monday, August 3

Democrats face a significant challenge in Michigan's Senate primary, with U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens competing against progressive Abdul El-Sayed