Politics & Government News

12:19 AM on Friday, May 22

The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the U.S., citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force

10:14 PM on Thursday, May 21

Serbia’s university students are gearing up for a major rally this weekend, pushing for political changes under President Aleksandar Vucic

9:03 PM on Thursday, May 21

California is one of the most heavily Democratic states in the country

9:02 PM on Thursday, May 21

6:40 PM on Thursday, May 21

The government in the oil-rich province of Alberta plans a referendum on leaving Canada but says it won't actually be a vote on whether to separate

5:30 PM on Thursday, May 21

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González is pledging to boost the amount of electric energy available to power the U.S. territory as chronic outages persist

4:01 PM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has stirred confusion by saying the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland

3:57 PM on Thursday, May 21

The House has rejected a proposal for a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall

1:07 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Democratic National Committee has released a controversial autopsy report on the 2024 election

12:31 PM on Thursday, May 21

Colorado Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to censure the state's governor for commuting the prison sentence of an election conspiracy theorist

11:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba

11:40 AM on Thursday, May 21

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she and the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation rooted in mutual respect

8:17 AM on Thursday, May 21

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign

7:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls

5:55 AM on Thursday, May 21

A satirical project called the Cockroach Janta Party has become a viral sensation in India

5:24 AM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U_S_ presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”

4:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran

3:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain

3:18 AM on Thursday, May 21

Documents reveal Queen Elizabeth II was eager for her second son, Andrew, to become Britain's trade envoy in 2001

2:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country