Politics & Government News

5:53 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea

5:34 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The U.K. Parliament is set to debate calls for greater accountability from a member of the royal family as the arrest of the former Prince Andrew and his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein forces British society to re-examine its relationship of deference to the monarchy

5:02 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Lebanon’s foreign minister says his government has urged the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah not to get involved if any fighting erupts between the United States and Iran, voicing concerns about a new possible conflict with Israel

5:00 AM on Tuesday, February 24

The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too, God willing

2:15 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Iran and the United States are due to hold new talks in Geneva on Thursday over Tehran’s nuclear program

2:10 AM on Tuesday, February 24

It's been four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as the country keeps fighting and Europe shows support but struggles to stay united

2:05 AM on Tuesday, February 24

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit China as Germany worries about rising Chinese competition and Beijing’s stance on Ukraine

1:56 AM on Tuesday, February 24

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in its war

1:26 AM on Tuesday, February 24

France’s spat with the U.S. ambassador to Paris has taken another turn with the French foreign minister now saying the top U.S. diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons

1:22 AM on Tuesday, February 24

France’s foreign minister says the US ambassador to Paris must respond to a French summons or risk being ostracized

1:16 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair

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10:10 PM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump is delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term

10:08 PM on Monday, February 23

The State of the Union offers President Donald Trump a chance to make the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities

10:03 PM on Monday, February 23

President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address to argue that his whirlwind first year back has made America stronger and that Republicans deserve to keep control of Congress after the midterms

3:42 PM on Monday, February 23

This year's winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge were announced Tuesday, with 24 cities receiving $1 million each and expert support for projects that upgrade core services, often using AI and resident input

10:33 AM on Monday, February 23

Britain’s government says it is considering legal changes to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession

12:21 PM on Monday, February 9