Politics & Government News

2:36 PM on Friday, December 12

Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office

1:27 PM on Friday, December 12

12:46 PM on Friday, December 12

South Africa’s communications minister has ordered a policy change that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in the country without selling 30% of their local equity to Black or other non-white owners

12:11 PM on Friday, December 12

U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir

12:01 PM on Friday, December 12

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren

11:59 AM on Friday, December 12

The United States has accused Rwanda of violating a peace agreement by supporting a rebel offensive in eastern Congo

11:50 AM on Friday, December 12

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $350 million in funding for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby

11:35 AM on Friday, December 12

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed

10:28 AM on Friday, December 12

The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March

10:22 AM on Friday, December 12

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely

9:54 AM on Friday, December 12

Kosovo says that the first of several dozen third-country migrants has arrived from the United States under an agreement reached earlier this year with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration

8:52 AM on Friday, December 12

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image

8:50 AM on Friday, December 12

A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America has handed off command responsibilities as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region

8:25 AM on Friday, December 12

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate allegations made by a former attorney for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin that a judge overseeing his felony case is guilty of misconduct and must step aside

7:54 AM on Friday, December 12

Libyan authorities report that a notorious militia leader, Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, was killed in a raid by security forces on Friday

4:25 AM on Friday, December 12

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning

3:57 AM on Friday, December 12

An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference

1:54 AM on Friday, December 12

The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine

9:02 PM on Thursday, December 11

A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterms

9:01 PM on Thursday, December 11

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government