Politics & Government News

3:25 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV should be defended from “powerful people” who have recently criticized him

3:10 PM on Wednesday, April 15

For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”

1:54 PM on Wednesday, April 15

California's local governments are navigating a new law allowing developers to build mid-rise apartments near major transit stops

12:45 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Manuel Portuondo was a teenager when his family fled Cuba for Miami in 1960

12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory

11:35 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers

11:35 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades

10:57 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer

10:07 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Lebanon and Israel have started direct talks for the first time in decades, driven by the recent war involving Hezbollah

10:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump

9:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future

9:31 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit

9:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access

8:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

8:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The tax filing deadline for most Americans is Wednesday, and President Donald Trump's administration is highlighting the impacts of Republicans' massive tax and spending law

6:30 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on Beijing and Hanoi to prioritize advancing infrastructure connectivity and strengthen their collaborations in emerging fields like artificial intelligence and semiconductors

12:38 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations, calling them precious in the face of an international landscape intertwined with changes and chaos

12:22 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members

12:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA event to defend President Donald Trump’s aggression in Iran and play down the resulting tensions between Washington and the Vatican

8:35 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations