Politics & Government News

2:31 PM on Saturday, September 13

Venezuela's foreign minister says a U.S. warship illegally boarded a Venezuelan fishing boat in Venezuelan waters

1:34 PM on Saturday, September 13

A federal judge is temporarily keeping measures in place to prevent the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody

1:02 PM on Saturday, September 13

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas operatives in Qatar that has upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict

12:31 PM on Saturday, September 13

12:28 PM on Saturday, September 13

Anti-government protesters in Serbia and supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic have held parallel rallies throughout the country

8:16 AM on Saturday, September 13

The Taliban says that they've reached agreement with U.S. envoys on an exchange of prisoners as part of an effort to normalize relations between the United States and Afghanistan

7:08 AM on Saturday, September 13

FBI Director Kash Patel is bracing for scrutiny over his leadership of the Charlie Kirk investigation and other areas when he appears before Congress this coming week for oversight hearings

5:26 AM on Saturday, September 13

FBI Director Kash Patel is bracing for scrutiny over his leadership of the Charlie Kirk investigation and other areas when he appears before Congress this coming week for oversight hearings

5:11 AM on Saturday, September 13

President Donald Trump says he believes the Russian-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum

5:09 AM on Saturday, September 13

Nepalese authorities have lifted the curfew in the country’s capital and surrounding areas as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation’s first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that left at least 51 people dead

4:48 AM on Saturday, September 13

As the nation grapples with the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, two candidates are vying for a legislative seat left open by another political attack in Minnesota

4:37 AM on Saturday, September 13

A bevy of false and misleading claims proliferated on social media in the two days it took officials to arrest and publicly identify 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the suspect in Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

4:20 AM on Saturday, September 13

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic

2:29 AM on Saturday, September 13

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of an Istanbul district and 47 other officials over corruption allegations

11:07 PM on Friday, September 12

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is intensifying his crackdown on protests challenging his rule

11:03 PM on Friday, September 12

The California Legislature has voted to extend the state's cap-and-trade program

10:25 PM on Friday, September 12

Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch takes to the stage in Beirut, defying extremist threats

9:16 PM on Friday, September 12

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for attempting a coup

9:03 PM on Friday, September 12

Georgia Democrats hope a recent special election win in a deep-red state Senate district means their party could make gains in 2026

9:01 PM on Friday, September 12

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide