Politics & Government News

4:21 PM on Saturday, January 17

A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader

3:51 PM on Saturday, January 17

The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics

2:18 PM on Saturday, January 17

Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya has been sworn in as president of Guinea after winning last year's presidential election

2:16 PM on Saturday, January 17

A Minneapolis couple says federal officers rolled a tear gas canister under their SUV, flooding it with toxic fumes and leaving them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment

2:12 PM on Saturday, January 17

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises

1:34 PM on Saturday, January 17

12:41 PM on Saturday, January 17

A border crossing in Turkey’s eastern province of Van has not seen a major influx of Iranians seeking asylum

12:39 PM on Saturday, January 17

As its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis intensifies, the Trump administration is leaning into messaging that borrows from phrases, images and music about national identity that have become popular among right-wing groups

12:33 PM on Saturday, January 17

Democrat Abigail Spanberger sworn into office as Virginia's first female governor

12:18 PM on Saturday, January 17

Britain’s main opposition leader has joined a protest against China’s planned new embassy in London

11:34 AM on Saturday, January 17

Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase

11:15 AM on Saturday, January 17

The Associated Press has learned that Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's acting president, has been on the radar of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for years and in 2022 was even labeled a “priority target,” a designation DEA reserves for suspects believed to have a “significant impact” on the drug trade

6:28 AM on Saturday, January 17

President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland

3:45 AM on Saturday, January 17

Syrian government forces have entered two northern towns after Kurdish-led fighters agreed to evacuate

3:33 AM on Saturday, January 17

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes

2:45 AM on Saturday, January 17

The family of a 23-year-old Iranian college student believes she was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces

12:01 AM on Saturday, January 17

Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington

Saturday, January 17

Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office

7:27 PM on Friday, January 16

America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere

6:40 PM on Friday, January 16

An 8-year-old girl who went missing on tribal lands in northern Arizona was found dead Friday