Politics & Government News

12:29 PM on Friday, February 6

France's foreign minister is urging Iran-backed groups in the Middle East to show restraint if tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S. He made the remarks in Beirut on Friday after visiting Syria and Iraq

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11:41 AM on Friday, February 6

Anna Lee Pettit, 93, lives alone in affordable housing in Morgantown, West Virginia

11:35 AM on Friday, February 6

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is considering changes to its voting process after Bill Belichick's omission from the 2026 class sparked outrage

10:59 AM on Friday, February 6

U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say they have faced increased violence from Israeli forces over the past year

10:38 AM on Friday, February 6

Nevada is falling short of its greenhouse gas reduction goals, with emissions projected to remain nearly unchanged over the next five years

10:27 AM on Friday, February 6

Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it

10:24 AM on Friday, February 6

The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

9:51 AM on Friday, February 6

Trump's racist post about the Obamas is deleted after backlash. White House defended it but now blames a staffer

9:44 AM on Friday, February 6

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar

9:26 AM on Friday, February 6

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay 20 million pounds to each family of 21 coal miners killed in 1949

8:28 AM on Friday, February 6

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU should ban maritime services aiding Russia in shipping oil and target its financial and trade sectors with new sanctions over the war on Ukraine

8:04 AM on Friday, February 6

British police are searching two properties linked to ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson as part of probe into potential misconduct stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein

7:02 AM on Friday, February 6

The Justice Department says a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in Washington in connection with the rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue

6:27 AM on Friday, February 6

Bad Bunny will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, fresh off his album of the year Grammy win for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”

5:07 AM on Friday, February 6

A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit

3:21 AM on Friday, February 6

Norway’s crown princess has apologized for the situation she has put the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

3:06 AM on Friday, February 6

The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators have discussed the expiration of their last remaining nuclear arms pact

9:01 PM on Thursday, February 5

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them