Politics & Government News

1:38 PM on Sunday, January 18

The dispute between the United States and Europe over the future of Greenland isn’t the first time the allies have been at loggerheads

12:03 PM on Sunday, January 18

A U.S.-based activist agency reports at least 3,919 deaths during recent protests in Iran

10:58 AM on Sunday, January 18

Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland

10:01 AM on Sunday, January 18

Yemeni politicians have met in Saudi Arabia's capital for the first time since a sourthern separatist group was disbanded

9:42 AM on Sunday, January 18

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows the moment that Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian village in the West Bank

9:03 AM on Sunday, January 18

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the holiday honoring her father's legacy is a “saving grace” amid political division

8:24 AM on Sunday, January 18

President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance

7:35 AM on Sunday, January 18

Provisional election results in Benin show that opposition parties lost all parliamentary seats weeks after a thwarted coup

6:41 AM on Sunday, January 18

European governments have criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a 10% tariff on eight countries for opposing American control of Greenland

6:44 PM on Saturday, January 17

6:38 PM on Saturday, January 17

Virginia’s governors traditionally wear morning suits for their inaugurations

2:58 PM on Saturday, January 17

Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government

2:12 PM on Saturday, January 17

Hundreds of counterprotesters have drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

2:11 PM on Saturday, January 17

Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump

12:03 PM on Saturday, January 17

The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement

8:42 AM on Saturday, January 17

President Donald Trump’s new Gaza ceasefire plan includes a committee to manage Gaza's daily affairs

7:44 AM on Saturday, January 17

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Iranian protesters

12:01 AM on Saturday, January 17

Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with people in tactical gear streaming from a bland office building

11:53 AM on Friday, January 16

The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter

7:17 PM on Monday, January 12