Politics & Government News

1:54 AM on Wednesday, November 26

India has lodged a protest with China over the detention of an Indian citizen during a layover at the Shanghai airport on November 21

9:02 PM on Tuesday, November 25

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war

7:22 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Hundreds of women have marched through Mexico City's streets to protest violence against women

5:41 PM on Tuesday, November 25

The Trump administration’s plan to review all refugees admitted to the United States under the Biden administration is weighing heavily on people who could be affected by the evaluation and fueling uncertainty and worry among people who believed their status was secured

5:25 PM on Tuesday, November 25

China is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan over a statement by its prime minister on Taiwan

4:58 PM on Tuesday, November 25

President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan

4:34 PM on Tuesday, November 25

2:36 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue

1:16 PM on Tuesday, November 25

President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia says he will scrap a ream of taxes in one of his first moves since becoming the nation’s first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy

11:37 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser says she will not be seeking re-election next year

11:28 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews

10:29 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Belarusian politician Mikola Statkevich, who was freed from prison in a U.S.-brokered deal but refused to leave his native country, has been returned to prison

10:26 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Kirill Dmitriev has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine

10:02 AM on Tuesday, November 25

A new U.S. push to end Russia-Ukraine fighting has set off a flurry of diplomacy by American, European, Russian and Ukrainian officials

10:02 AM on Tuesday, November 25

An organization is tracking the growing number of arrests among people with temporary deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

5:51 AM on Tuesday, November 25

President Donald Trump brought insults and grievances to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House

5:25 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter

1:30 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Rights groups have criticized the Trump administration's decision to end deportation protections for Myanmar citizens

5:56 PM on Monday, November 24

President Donald Trump says his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned."

9:47 AM on Monday, November 24

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department