Politics & Government News

5:07 AM on Thursday, January 22

A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing more than 2,000 people

4:00 AM on Thursday, January 22

12:45 AM on Thursday, January 22

Southeast Asia’s need for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining progress on cutting carbon emissions that contribute to global warming

11:52 PM on Wednesday, January 21

9:22 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Japan has reported it posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025 as exports were hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a diplomatic rift with neighboring China

8:51 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Investors may have gotten through to President Donald Trump about his designs for Greenland with a message he wasn’t hearing from European leaders: Threatening allies with tariffs and land seizure isn’t exactly the type of policy that generates confidence in the global marketplace

7:15 PM on Wednesday, January 21

President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council

6:20 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Brazilians hoping to move to the U.S. are frustrated by the suspension of immigrant visas

6:10 PM on Wednesday, January 21

The vast field of over 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles gleamed on the cargo deck of the BYD Changzhou, an Chinese container vessel unloading Wednesday at a river port in eastern Argentina

5:45 PM on Wednesday, January 21

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents

5:38 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Judge strikes down boundaries of New York City's only congressional district represented by a Republican

4:52 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Congressional Republicans have moved closer to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a premier destination for outdoors lovers in remote northeastern Minnesota

4:26 PM on Wednesday, January 21

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant

4:02 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Business in Minnesota has taken a hit as President Donald Trump's administration carries out an immigration sweep that has spurred protests

3:28 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week

12:04 PM on Wednesday, January 21

The Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job

7:10 AM on Wednesday, January 21

A House committee has advanced resolutions to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation

1:05 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Maine has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement wave

12:17 AM on Wednesday, January 21

President Donald Trump says he has scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland

12:16 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Iran has reported its first government-issued death toll from the recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed