Politics & Government News

10:34 PM on Saturday, December 6

Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings

10:21 PM on Saturday, December 6

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command

3:12 PM on Saturday, December 6

An explosion outside a police station in Michoacan, Mexico, has killed at least three people and wounded six others

2:57 PM on Saturday, December 6

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U_S_ military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”

2:50 PM on Saturday, December 6

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

1:38 PM on Saturday, December 6

Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado have demonstrated in several cities worldwide to celebrate her Nobel Peace Prize win

12:36 PM on Saturday, December 6

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

11:51 AM on Saturday, December 6

President Donald Trump has presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony

11:23 AM on Saturday, December 6

Big 12 Commission Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football

10:35 AM on Saturday, December 6

A U.N. delegation has visited Lebanon to explore options for the country's south once the U.N. peacekeeping force's term ends next year

9:59 AM on Saturday, December 6

Top law enforcement officials in the Trump administration had a clear message when they announced the arrest of a man charged with placing pipe bombs outside political party headquarters in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021

8:47 AM on Saturday, December 6

Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office

7:36 AM on Saturday, December 6

Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map

7:02 AM on Saturday, December 6

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly posting seditious content on social media

6:11 AM on Saturday, December 6

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency

2:38 AM on Saturday, December 6

Qatar’s prime minister says the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down

5:11 PM on Friday, December 5

New Orleans’ mayor-elect says a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm

6:53 AM on Friday, December 5

A federal judge has ordered the release of Florida grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the transparency law President Donald Trump recently signed

4:52 AM on Friday, December 5

French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron

10:11 PM on Thursday, December 4

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties