Politics & Government News

6:28 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted the head of Myanmar’s military-backed government, who visited Moscow on a trip intended to further boost cooperation between the countries

6:00 AM on Tuesday, August 18

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4:54 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to the Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries

4:15 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a law introducing a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants

4:00 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Sonia Gandhi has a memoir coming out this fall, reflecting on her life in India's political dynasty

3:50 AM on Tuesday, August 18

President Donald Trump has been promoting new data showing U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago

11:30 PM on Monday, August 17

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security

9:07 PM on Monday, August 17

In a tragic attempt to reach Europe, dozens of Moroccans died trying to cross into Spain

7:25 PM on Monday, August 17

6:32 PM on Monday, August 17

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term

5:18 PM on Monday, August 17

President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally

4:20 PM on Monday, August 17

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says oil drilling in northern coastal regions could be a "passport to the country’s future."

3:20 PM on Monday, August 17

Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil

2:36 PM on Monday, August 17

New voting rules in New Hampshire are changing how students and residents prove their identity

1:06 PM on Monday, August 17

Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments

11:20 AM on Monday, August 17

The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits Texas to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.”

9:18 AM on Monday, August 17

The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog is reviewing a controversial DEA tactic in which agents permitted fentanyl to reach the streets to build cases against traffickers

4:49 AM on Monday, August 17

President Donald Trump has downplayed reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln to reporters in the Oval Office

7:36 PM on Sunday, August 16

President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial