Politics & Government News

3:56 AM on Monday, January 26

The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the long-standing territorial dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea

2:16 AM on Monday, January 26

Egypt is exploring ways to regulate children's use of social media

10:32 PM on Sunday, January 25

Mark Tully, a longtime BBC correspondent known as the “voice of India,” has died at 90

9:38 PM on Sunday, January 25

Authorities say gunmen opened fire at a soccer field in central Mexico, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12 others

8:02 PM on Sunday, January 25

The Federal Aviation Administration says a private aircraft with eight people on board has crashed on takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine

4:59 PM on Sunday, January 25

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night doubled down and blamed Democratic officials

3:25 PM on Sunday, January 25

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city

2:43 PM on Sunday, January 25

Moderate Democratic Sen_ Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”

2:31 PM on Sunday, January 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro

11:50 AM on Sunday, January 25

Brazil’s foreign ministry says it has taken over Mexico’s diplomatic interests in Peru following a diplomatic rift over a Peruvian politician who was granted asylum by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum

10:32 AM on Sunday, January 25

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota

10:26 AM on Sunday, January 25

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China

10:26 AM on Sunday, January 25

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah

10:16 AM on Sunday, January 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a security agreement with the United States is “100% ready.”

9:03 AM on Sunday, January 25

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis

7:22 AM on Sunday, January 25

A row has erupted within Britain's Labour Party after Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham, was blocked from running in a special election

6:28 AM on Sunday, January 25

Authorities in Iran have unveiled a new mural in a central Tehran square with a direct warning to the United States to not attempt a military strike on the country

10:01 PM on Saturday, January 24

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities

6:18 PM on Saturday, January 24

Law enforcement leaders are expressing alarm over a deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis

3:25 PM on Saturday, January 24

Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei is especially emotional