Politics & Government News

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

8:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

7:20 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona

7:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States

6:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises

4:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has postponed his upcoming show in Marseille

2:29 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says that “very detailed” measures to verify Iran’s nuclear activities must be put in place in a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East

1:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Guerreros Buscadores and dozens of other groups in Mexico scour the country for people who are missing

12:10 AM on Wednesday, April 15

People in Cameroon hope that Pope Leo XIV's visit will bring peace to the conflict-ridden country

12:05 AM on Wednesday, April 15

They're called meat raffles, and they're a tradition in a few pockets of the U.S. They're featured mainly at neighborhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state

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

5:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol over five years ago

3:24 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The wife of a former upstate New York town official has admitted deleting doorbell camera video of an incident in which her husband shot and wounded a lost DoorDash delivery driver

1:45 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The public defender for a man accused of throwing an incendiary device at Sam Altman’s home says her client has autism and was experiencing an “acute mental health crisis.”

11:45 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the U.S., defying pressures where other countries have caved

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

7:49 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended the fuel tax in response to the Iran war

2:39 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The U.S. military claims it has successfully begun enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, escalating tensions with Iran

12:25 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has announced he’s leaving Congress and the crowded contest for California governor following sexual assault allegations that he denies

3:51 PM on Monday, March 30