Politics & Government News

7:25 AM on Friday, March 13

Poland’s government is scrambling to keep access to major European Union defense loans after the president blocked a law allowing the country to access the funds

7:04 AM on Friday, March 13

One grew up in rural Haiti amid the poverty and violence

4:42 AM on Friday, March 13

South African soldiers deployed in the country’s high-crime areas have dismantled illegal mining operations Johannesburg

12:01 AM on Friday, March 13

Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval

8:47 PM on Thursday, March 12

Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from prisons in an unexpected move

7:47 PM on Thursday, March 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will spend billions on forward operating locations in the North to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region

7:41 PM on Thursday, March 12

Venezuela and Colombia cancel a high-profile presidential border meeting, even as both sides say they still want closer ties

7:35 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job

7:01 PM on Thursday, March 12

6:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

A record 280 political parties and counting have registered to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade

6:18 PM on Thursday, March 12

One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel

6:14 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards

5:46 PM on Thursday, March 12

Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements

3:09 PM on Thursday, March 12

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Paris for trade talks that set the stage for President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing

2:37 PM on Thursday, March 12

Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran

2:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin

1:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials

10:53 AM on Thursday, March 12

Long-serving South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn says he's running for an 18th term in Congress

3:21 AM on Thursday, March 12

China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise

1:44 AM on Thursday, March 12

Iran’s secretive new leader has issued his first public statements, resolving to keep fighting