Politics & Government News

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A military hunt is underway in Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine, whom the country's army chief is calling a wanted fugitive

4:34 AM on Tuesday, January 27

A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat

3:54 AM on Tuesday, January 27

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15

12:11 AM on Tuesday, January 27

North Korea has launched short-range ballistic missiles into the sea

10:54 PM on Monday, January 26

India's prime minister says it has reached a free trade agreement with the European Union

8:14 PM on Monday, January 26

A federal judge in Oregon has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon's unredacted voter rolls

6:33 PM on Monday, January 26

A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

6:05 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota

4:21 PM on Monday, January 26

After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week’s meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won’t like the result

3:48 PM on Monday, January 26

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda

3:22 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump strong-armed America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States

3:12 PM on Monday, January 26

President Donald Trump says he is increasing tariffs on South Korean goods because the country’s national assembly has yet to approve the trade framework announced last year

11:09 AM on Monday, January 26

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning before negotiations to renew the countries' free trade pact

10:14 AM on Monday, January 26

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insists Europe cannot defend itself without U.S. military support

6:12 AM on Monday, January 26

A senior Border Patrol commander and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

3:55 AM on Monday, January 26

3:21 AM on Monday, January 26

Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial

1:51 AM on Monday, January 26

Two Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East are signaling their readiness to launch new attacks

10:11 PM on Sunday, January 25

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting in the city by federal officers