Politics & Government News

3:16 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Donald Trump

3:13 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Lawmakers in an eastern German state have elected a new governor as mainstream parties try to prevent a victory for the far-right Alternative for Germany in a regional election that is only seven months away

1:09 AM on Wednesday, January 28

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats have met to push a peace plan for Myanmar’s civil war and finalize a nonaggression pact with China

11:32 PM on Tuesday, January 27

The European Union and India have reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties after nearly two decades of negotiations

11:31 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A private plane carrying a senior state official has crashed in western India, killing all five people on board

10:35 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Japan no longer has pandas for the first time in half a century

7:50 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Dozens of protesters have been arrested after occupying the lobby of a hotel in Manhattan

6:29 PM on Tuesday, January 27

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress

6:22 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A man has sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground during a town hall she was hosting

5:33 PM on Tuesday, January 27

President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power

2:59 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States

2:47 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court

2:31 PM on Tuesday, January 27

A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal

1:10 PM on Tuesday, January 27

President Donald Trump says he has signed an executive order that seeks to speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025

12:47 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Thousands of people have protested in Serbia’s capital against a government crackdown on universities

12:37 PM on Tuesday, January 27

Authorities say a man who was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter

6:27 AM on Tuesday, January 27

A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

3:15 AM on Tuesday, January 27

People across Europe and beyond are commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day

3:13 AM on Tuesday, January 27

News that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit will be present at the upcoming Winter Games has sparked confusion and concern in Italy

11:00 PM on Monday, January 26

India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement that covers up to 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations