Politics & Government News

3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump administration expands travel ban to include 5 more countries and imposes new limits on others

2:39 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Thousands have rallied across Slovakia to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico's latest controversial moves to dismantle an independent office that protects whistleblowers and amend the penal code

2:19 PM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert

2:14 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Trump will travel to Delaware on Wednesday for the return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

1:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The European Union is moving to dial back its total ban on cars with gas or diesel engines by 2035

1:40 PM on Tuesday, December 16

One of New Mexico’s most successful cannabis entrepreneurs is entering the race for governor

12:52 PM on Tuesday, December 16

11:23 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Russian authorities have named German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle as an “undesirable organization,” effectively outlawing its operation in the country

11:20 AM on Tuesday, December 16

11:06 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Britain has launched a review into foreign financial interference in U.K. politics after a former European Parliament member was jailed for taking Russian bribes

11:04 AM on Tuesday, December 16

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U_S_ has sued Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis over his order labeling it a “foreign terrorist organization.”

10:39 AM on Tuesday, December 16

The leading international authority on hunger crises and the U.N. food aid agency are warning that more than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months

9:22 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Officials say Lebanon's judicial authorities have ordered the release of a former economy minister on $100,000 bail after months of detention over alleged financial crimes

9:02 AM on Tuesday, December 16

French farmers are driving opposition to a massive trade deal between the Mercosur bloc and the European Union

8:43 AM on Tuesday, December 16

8:21 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have announced they will withdrawal from Uvira, a strategic city in eastern Congo following U.S. pressure

8:15 AM on Tuesday, December 16

4:37 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days

9:03 PM on Monday, December 15

The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers departed after cutbacks by the Trump administration, the government said in delayed reports

8:58 AM on Monday, December 15

The Justice Department and California are facing off in federal court over the state's new congressional map that favors Democrats