Politics & Government News

12:04 PM on Monday, December 15

The Colombian government’s delegation in peace talks with the National Liberation Army or ELN has rejected an “armed strike” that the Marxist rebel group is conducting this week in response to the U.S. military’s naval buildup in the Caribbean

12:00 PM on Monday, December 15

The death toll from last week's building collapse at a Hindu temple site in South Africa has risen to five

11:57 AM on Monday, December 15

South Sudan’s government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling

11:54 AM on Monday, December 15

Ryan Routh, convicted of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump, has decided to use an attorney for his sentencing

11:45 AM on Monday, December 15

In the week since Texas' new “bathroom bill” went into effect, some opponents of the restrictions have begun challenging both the spirit and the letter of the law

11:11 AM on Monday, December 15

10:47 AM on Monday, December 15

Accusations of widespread fraud are at the heart of the Trump administration's policies on SNAP

10:09 AM on Monday, December 15

The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria have been identified

9:58 AM on Monday, December 15

President Donald Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy

9:30 AM on Monday, December 15

The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it will allow the U.S. military access to its airports in upcoming weeks as tensions between the United States and Venezuela remain high

8:02 AM on Monday, December 15

The European Union has imposed sanctions on five businessmen linked to Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft

7:06 AM on Monday, December 15

Spain's government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros or $75 million for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals

6:24 AM on Monday, December 15

Two onetime attorneys for President Donald Trump and an aide who all worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign appeared for a preliminary hearing in Wisconsin on felony forgery charges related to a fake elector scheme

1:17 AM on Monday, December 15

The head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency says President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war.”

11:25 PM on Sunday, December 14

Many prominent people are paying tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, after they were killed in their Los Angeles home on Sunday

11:00 PM on Sunday, December 14

U.S. officials say Washington has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend

9:40 PM on Sunday, December 14

Trial is underway in Wisconsin for a judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal authorities

9:39 PM on Sunday, December 14

A Wisconsin judge has postponed a preliminary hearing for one of three former aides to President Donald Trump facing felony forgery charges related to the 2020 election amid questions about what statements the man made to prosecutors could be admitted in court

7:03 PM on Sunday, December 14

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, a vocal critic of China's Communist Party, has been convicted of conspiracies of sedition and foreign collusion under a national security law

5:24 PM on Sunday, December 14

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court