Politics & Government News

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State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump

6:03 AM on Friday, February 20

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week since taking the helm of Europe’s biggest economy

5:44 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

3:11 AM on Friday, February 20

Turkish authorities have arrested investigative journalist Alican Uludag, charging him with insulting the president

12:09 AM on Friday, February 20

India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations’ warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi’s unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil

11:53 PM on Thursday, February 19

Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence imposed by a Seoul court for his short-lived declaration of martial law but didn’t clearly say whether he would appeal

11:34 PM on Thursday, February 19

A bitter feud in Zambia has left former President Edgar Lungu’s body unburied in a South African funeral home for more than eight months

8:13 PM on Thursday, February 19

Led by TJ Burch's 23 points, the Wright State Raiders defeated the IU Indianapolis Jaguars 85-73 on Thursday

6:09 PM on Thursday, February 19

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas is urging supporters to look at experience in a heated U.S. Senate primary with state Rep. James Talarico as he rides on wider attention thanks to late-night host Stephen Colbert

5:08 PM on Thursday, February 19

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded his nation’s improving economy and regional standing as he opened the country’s most important political event

3:55 PM on Thursday, February 19

The White House has announced a trade agreement with Indonesia

3:15 PM on Thursday, February 19

El Salvador and Mexico have reported major cocaine seizures at sea this week, as U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats leave 11 people dead

2:03 PM on Thursday, February 19

Bolivia’s long-serving socialist former leader, Evo Morales, has reappeared in his political stronghold of the tropics after almost seven weeks of unexplained absence

9:16 AM on Thursday, February 19

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others

1:04 AM on Thursday, February 19

Iran held annual military drills with Russia as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East

10:15 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors

10:05 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition

10:07 AM on Monday, February 2