Politics & Government News

12:41 PM on Friday, June 5

Two Romanian men have been convicted in a London court for stabbing a journalist from a Persian-language TV station

7:42 AM on Friday, June 5

Washington, D.C., is gearing up for pivotal primaries this month to elect a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor

7:20 AM on Friday, June 5

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body

7:18 AM on Friday, June 5

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years

5:51 AM on Friday, June 5

The Senate has blocked a procedural vote on extending a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies

5:43 AM on Friday, June 5

A report by Britain's public spending watchdog shows that the former Prince Andrew made money by subletting cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades

3:03 AM on Friday, June 5

Peruvians are set to choose their ninth president in 10 years in a runoff election Sunday

1:39 AM on Friday, June 5

Montenegro is on track to join the European Union by 2028, according to EU leaders and the country's president

1:20 AM on Friday, June 5

The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House

12:33 AM on Friday, June 5

The 2026 World Cup has drawn intense criticism from globe-trotting fans who over the years have helped define the tournament's festive atmosphere

12:05 AM on Friday, June 5

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11

10:31 PM on Thursday, June 4

Democrats competing over a coveted congressional district in Manhattan have slugged it out during a heated debate

10:19 PM on Thursday, June 4

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years

5:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals

4:03 PM on Thursday, June 4

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor

10:38 AM on Thursday, June 4

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog

10:12 AM on Thursday, June 4

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies

2:57 AM on Thursday, June 4

Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration

12:05 AM on Thursday, June 4

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been reseparated, despite a judge's order to reunite them

12:02 AM on Thursday, June 4

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks