Politics & Government News

8:12 PM on Sunday, December 7

There may be no higher art in Somalia than oral poetry, which is recited in the most remote outposts and even by militants

7:11 PM on Sunday, December 7

Japan’s economy has contracted at an annual pace of 2.3% in the July-September period, as exports suffered from the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and public investments slipped

5:23 PM on Sunday, December 7

Democratic governors who met over the weekend in Arizona say the party must focus on affordability in next year's midterm elections

3:40 PM on Sunday, December 7

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video explaining immigrants' right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:50 PM on Sunday, December 7

The Republican who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee says a video of a U_S_ military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of the initial attack shows “nothing remarkable."

11:35 AM on Sunday, December 7

State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans

11:35 AM on Sunday, December 7

President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case

10:50 AM on Sunday, December 7

The number of victims killed in an explosion outside a police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacán over the weekend has risen to five

10:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

Two police officers have been killed in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blame on the National Liberation Army, a Marxist guerrilla force active since the 1960s

8:50 AM on Sunday, December 7

A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey

8:01 AM on Sunday, December 7

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power

7:04 AM on Sunday, December 7

Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy

5:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation

4:19 AM on Sunday, December 7

The coup in Benin on Sunday has been 'foiled,' the Minister of Interior says in a video on Facebook

3:39 AM on Sunday, December 7

Benin has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020

1:43 AM on Sunday, December 7

Benin President Patrice Talon has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou

1:38 AM on Sunday, December 7

A group of soldiers appear on Benin's state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup

7:38 PM on Saturday, December 6

A fire has devastated a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists

5:14 PM on Saturday, December 6

About a third of Hong Kong's registered voters has elected a new 90-member legislature

8:59 AM on Monday, November 24