Politics & Government News

1:46 PM on Saturday, January 31

Over a thousand protesters, including many from Hungary's Roma community, have held a demonstration in Budapest where they demanded the resignation of a prominent government minister over comments seen as racist

12:27 PM on Saturday, January 31

11:11 AM on Saturday, January 31

Louisiana authorities say they have captured all eight inmates who escaped from a jail

10:25 AM on Saturday, January 31

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics

9:58 AM on Saturday, January 31

Japan and Britain have agreed to boost cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals

9:14 AM on Saturday, January 31

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown

8:47 AM on Saturday, January 31

India has hosted a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to deepen trade, energy and strategic cooperation

8:44 AM on Saturday, January 31

Emergency power cuts have hit several Ukrainian cities and neighboring Moldova

8:38 AM on Saturday, January 31

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019

7:54 AM on Saturday, January 31

Canada's Conservative opposition party has voted to keep Pierre Poilievre as their leader despite his election loss last year and recent defections

7:34 AM on Saturday, January 31

North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States

7:28 AM on Saturday, January 31

Hundreds of Danish veterans have staged a silent protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen

7:01 AM on Saturday, January 31

More than half a million foreigners are believed to live in Spain without legal permission

1:12 AM on Saturday, January 31

Rebel authorities in eastern Congo say at least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines

7:07 PM on Friday, January 30

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons

4:53 PM on Friday, January 30

Journalist Don Lemon and eight other people associated with a protest that interrupted a worship service at a Minnesota church have been charged with violating two different federal laws that are designed to prevent disruptions to Americans' rights

12:35 PM on Friday, January 30

Satellite images reveal activity at two Iranian nuclear sites, suggesting that Tehran may be obscuring its efforts to salvage any materials remaining there

11:07 AM on Friday, January 30

The release of many more records from Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein is revealing more about what investigators knew of his sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton

8:56 AM on Friday, January 30

Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

8:21 AM on Friday, January 30