Politics & Government News

1:48 AM on Thursday, April 9

Voters in Benin are heading to the polls Sunday to elect a new president

1:40 AM on Thursday, April 9

1:32 AM on Thursday, April 9

Anger and frustration is growing in Russia over government restrictions on the internet that have disrupted daily life, hurt businesses and brought condemnation from both Kremlin critics and supporters alike

1:29 AM on Thursday, April 9

Peru's next president will be chosen from a pool of 35 candidates that includes a former minister, a comedian and a political dynasty heiress

1:18 AM on Thursday, April 9

Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel, and foster opposition to it

12:39 AM on Thursday, April 9

Voters in key Indian regions are casting ballots in local elections that will test the support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 9

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape

12:10 AM on Thursday, April 9

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 9

12:08 AM on Thursday, April 9

Republicans are facing setbacks in recent elections, with Democrats winning races in Wisconsin and Georgia

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 9

West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 9

Iranian Americans are experiencing uncertainty as the Trump administration imposes deadlines and intermediaries seek paths to avoid escalation of the war in Iran

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 9

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval

8:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge’s ruling on the same issues

7:20 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hundreds of workers, union members and opposition supporters march in Senegal's capital, Dakar, protesting broken government promises and a worsening cost of living

6:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday

7:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting that has killed hundreds of people

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

12:12 PM on Monday, March 23