Politics & Government News

6:29 AM on Monday, December 15

Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids

6:25 AM on Monday, December 15

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5:31 AM on Monday, December 15

Thailand is set to hold an early election on Feb. 8, following the dissolution of parliament by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

5:28 AM on Monday, December 15

Serbia’s prosecutor for organized crime has charged a government minister and three others with abuse of position and falsifying of documents related to a luxury real estate project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner

5:02 AM on Monday, December 15

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is leaving office next month

1:35 AM on Monday, December 15

A new Czech coalition government led by populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has taken office

1:02 AM on Monday, December 15

Investigators have concluded that South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate rivals and monopolize power

12:50 AM on Monday, December 15

10:14 PM on Sunday, December 14

Israel’s military raids and strikes over the past year aiming to carve out a buffer zone in southern Syria have raised tensions, frustrated locals and also appear to have scuttled chances — despite U.S. pressure — of any imminent thaw in relations between the two neighbors

10:03 PM on Sunday, December 14

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego is emerging as a key figure for the Democratic Party as it aims to regain Latino support lost in 2024

10:01 PM on Sunday, December 14

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.”

9:04 PM on Sunday, December 14

Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9

7:00 PM on Sunday, December 14

5:04 PM on Sunday, December 14

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have protested against a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison time

3:39 PM on Sunday, December 14

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González has signed a polemic bill that critics say is a blow to democracy and will make it more difficult to access public information in a U.S. territory long known for its lack of government transparency

3:36 PM on Sunday, December 14

Chile’s governing coalition candidate concedes defeat to ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast in presidential election

3:24 PM on Sunday, December 14

President Gustavo Petro has urged Colombians to celebrate the Christmas season without fear despite a forced strike announced by rebels

5:33 AM on Sunday, December 14

Brian Jack is a first-term Republican congressman from Georgia, but he's become a key figure in the Oval Office

10:15 PM on Saturday, December 13

Chile’s ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast has secured a stunning victory in the presidential election, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for the country’s most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy