Politics & Government News

5:03 AM on Thursday, August 13

David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status

4:01 AM on Thursday, August 13

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday and his influence still looms over Cuba

3:35 AM on Thursday, August 13

Japanese Crown Prince says he has “mixed feelings” about the government’s revision to the Imperial House Law that insists only men can become emperor

2:03 AM on Thursday, August 13

Two powerful earthquakes less than two months apart have exposed stark differences in how neighboring Venezuela and Colombia respond to catastrophe

12:12 AM on Thursday, August 13

Zambians have begun casting their votes in a presidential election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic reforms were enough to overcome widespread frustration over the cost of living

12:11 AM on Thursday, August 13

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s fashion has evolved with her politics

12:11 AM on Thursday, August 13

The Kennedy Center's board is set to meet to discuss future plans after a federal judge blocked a two-year closure for renovations

12:04 AM on Thursday, August 13

A special election is taking place Thursday in the seaside town of Clacton, just east of London

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 13

A federal judge in Miami will hear arguments for whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 13

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates

9:54 PM on Wednesday, August 12

U.S. immigration officials say they didn’t publicly disclose the death of a Guatemalan man who had a seizure at a New Jersey detention center because they weren’t notified that he died after they sent him to the hospital

9:44 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane, while President Donald Trump was secreted onto another plane following an Iranian threat

4:32 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks is facing criticism from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who call it unnecessary and cruel

3:50 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A Houston-based law firm tapped to receive a $150 million federal contract to provide legal representation unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody has dropped out

12:34 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk say he shouldn’t be eligible for the death penalty because the shooter hit the “intended target” during an event attended by thousands of people last year in Utah

6:11 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died, according to state media

4:04 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth briefly plunged parts of the planet into darkness

10:42 PM on Tuesday, August 11

Zambia holds an election on Thursday to decide if President Hakainde Hichilema gets a second five-year term as reward for his economic recovery plan in the southern African nation

9:02 PM on Tuesday, August 11

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a leadership vote among his party’s lawmakers less than three months before an election

11:14 AM on Tuesday, July 28