Politics & Government News

8:47 AM on Thursday, December 18

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies

7:36 AM on Thursday, December 18

The United States has announced it will resume nuclear testing if other countries do the same

7:25 AM on Thursday, December 18

7:16 AM on Thursday, December 18

The EU's top court has ruled that Poland's Constitutional Tribunal is not "independent and impartial" due to politicized appointments by the previous conservative government

6:10 AM on Thursday, December 18

A thick layer of fog has enveloped Sarajevo, leading to flight cancellations and restrictions on outdoor activities

3:51 AM on Thursday, December 18

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has formally removed the country’s impeached police chief

2:00 AM on Thursday, December 18

12:12 AM on Thursday, December 18

The Associated Press has documented 145 incidents in what Western officials say is a campaign of disruption across Europe masterminded by Russia since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

12:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

9:47 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones

9:14 PM on Wednesday, December 17

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data

9:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people

6:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump is demanding Venezuela pay for assets that Trump says were stolen from U.S. companies when the South American country nationalized its oil industry years ago

5:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he’ll resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela

3:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Whether he was accepting awards from FIFA, attending the Ryder Cup as a specially invited guest or hosting Olympic leaders at the White House, President Donald Trump figured out how to get himself in the headlines for sports stories, while also shaping those sports to fit his own worldview

8:23 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond

8:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas

5:02 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss

12:10 PM on Monday, December 1