Politics & Government News

11:28 AM on Friday, January 30

Deputy attorney general says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into death of Alex Pretti

10:53 AM on Friday, January 30

U.S. President Donald Trump says President Vladimir Putin has agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital and other towns as the region suffers under bitterly cold temperatures

9:10 AM on Friday, January 30

The Dutch politician set to become the Netherlands' next prime minister says concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's territorial ambitions in Greenland are “a wake-up call” for Europe

8:48 AM on Friday, January 30

Thailand’s top diplomat says that a 5-year-old plan by Southeast Asian leaders to end Myanmar’s civil war has failed but could still help restore peace

8:36 AM on Friday, January 30

Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election

8:26 AM on Friday, January 30

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board is holding a special session to discuss risks to nuclear safety in Ukraine as concerns mount that relentless Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure pose an increasing danger of a nuclear accident

8:16 AM on Friday, January 30

Denmark has unveiled a deportation reform under which foreigners who are convicted of serious crimes, like aggravated assault and rape, would be expelled

6:51 AM on Friday, January 30

Trump will nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair

5:46 AM on Friday, January 30

Ethiopia’s national carrier cancelled flights to and from its troubled northern region of Tigray as fears grew of a renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces

4:38 AM on Friday, January 30

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them

4:17 AM on Friday, January 30

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump's request to pause attacks on Ukraine's power grid for a week

4:04 AM on Friday, January 30

Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding

2:54 AM on Friday, January 30

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy

1:24 AM on Friday, January 30

A joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Gecko Project has found that cyanide, arsenic and copper repeatedly leaked from a facility run by the largest gold miner in Liberia in recent years

12:10 AM on Friday, January 30

Six Iranians spoke to The Associated Press about the protests in Iran, describing a renewed sense of hope even with a bloody crackdown on demonstrators

12:09 AM on Friday, January 30

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign

8:35 PM on Thursday, January 29

7:16 PM on Thursday, January 29

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico

4:04 PM on Thursday, January 29

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization

12:08 AM on Thursday, January 29

Melania Trump is capping her first year after becoming first lady again with the global release of a documentary about the 20 days before she and President Donald Trump returned to the White House