Politics & Government News

5:23 AM on Sunday, August 23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says actions by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in protests and calls for elections, were misguided

2:21 AM on Sunday, August 23

Kazakhstan is voting in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation

12:01 AM on Sunday, August 23

For once, things will be moving quickly in bureaucratic Washington, D.C., when the nation’s capital hosts an IndyCar race through its streets

4:36 PM on Saturday, August 22

After trade negotiations crumbled down to the eleventh hour, U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on scores of Canadian imports kicked in Saturday

3:47 PM on Saturday, August 22

A boat carrying migrants has capsized off southern Tunisia, and at least two people have died and around 12 are missing

2:15 PM on Saturday, August 22

12:00 PM on Saturday, August 22

President Donald Trump’s barrage of tariffs and threats of even more levies has quickly strained the United States’ longstanding relationship with Canada

11:40 AM on Saturday, August 22

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died

11:26 AM on Saturday, August 22

The United States' special envoy to Syria says Israel did not warn Washington ahead of striking an air base in northern Syria despite fears of escalation with the U.S. and NATO ally Turkey

11:19 AM on Saturday, August 22

President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three members of the president’s family in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster

11:07 AM on Saturday, August 22

Canada and the United States have long had one of the world's closest and most durable alliances

11:05 AM on Saturday, August 22

A federal judge in New York vacated a Trump administration policy that had suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States

10:32 AM on Saturday, August 22

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been increasingly seen secluding herself at home

8:27 AM on Saturday, August 22

Just eight of 435 congressional districts backed a Republican in their House race and Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election

8:06 AM on Saturday, August 22

President Donald Trump has transformed the White House Rose Garden by adding statues of America’s founders

5:23 AM on Saturday, August 22

The hard-line new leader of Iran’s top security body is threatening neighbors against joining new U.S. efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy and saying the U.S. has increased global nuclear insecurity

11:40 PM on Friday, August 21

The United States and Canada have fallen deeper into a trade war

5:31 PM on Friday, August 21

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has had a bad week

9:51 AM on Sunday, August 2

Israel has shared serious security concerns with the White House about a proposed disarmament deal with Hamas

2:19 AM on Friday, July 31

Israelis across political and religious lines are worried about the weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans