Politics & Government News

11:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was trying to infiltrate the island

10:51 AM on Thursday, April 2

A court In Moscow has sentenced a German artist to 8 1/2 years in absentia after convicting him over his carnival creations mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin

8:59 AM on Thursday, April 2

Burkina Faso government forces have killed more than twice as many civilians as jihadist groups over two years, Human Rights Watch reports

8:45 AM on Thursday, April 2

7:17 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

6:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

International media organizations have joined Serbian journalists in raising concerns about declining press freedoms in Serbia

2:00 AM on Thursday, April 2

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news

12:11 AM on Thursday, April 2

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans

12:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties

10:49 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump's address to the nation on the Iran war did not always hew to the facts

10:22 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats have sued to block President Donald Trump's latest executive order restricting mail voting

10:19 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the war against Iran, delivered Wednesday, April 1, 2026, as transcribed by The Associated Press

6:58 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office

5:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump sought to explain his rationale for the war against Iran in a primetime address Wednesday

4:34 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez

1:48 PM on Wednesday, April 1

9:18 AM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war

2:40 AM on Wednesday, April 1

President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon