Politics & Government News

6:46 AM on Saturday, December 13

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation as well as the fall of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship

6:33 AM on Saturday, December 13

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners, state media say, seeking to improve ties with the US

6:03 AM on Saturday, December 13

Chuck Grassley has made a name for himself in Washington with his longtime support for whistleblowers

4:41 AM on Saturday, December 13

US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Belarus as the isolated autocracy seeks to improve relations with the West

3:41 AM on Saturday, December 13

Bulgaria's president plans to consult with parliamentary groups next week to form a new cabinet after the government collapsed during anti-corruption protests

12:29 AM on Saturday, December 13

Eritrea has withdrawn from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development

8:20 PM on Friday, December 12

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor

7:45 PM on Friday, December 12

A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director

7:06 PM on Friday, December 12

A Bolivian court has ordered the country’s former President Luis Arce to remain detained for five months while he awaits trial on corruption charges

7:04 PM on Friday, December 12

Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers

6:03 PM on Friday, December 12

The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes

4:45 PM on Friday, December 12

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing efforts to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers

4:32 PM on Friday, December 12

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton

3:47 PM on Friday, December 12

Indiana Republican senators turned down President Donald Trump's redistricting proposal this week

3:03 PM on Friday, December 12

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week

12:05 PM on Friday, December 12

The U.S. has removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list

10:49 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes

8:44 AM on Friday, December 12

The federal government continues to find states improperly issuing commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that remain valid after their authorization to be in the country expires, putting millions of dollars of funding at risk

7:06 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year

9:07 AM on Monday, November 24