Politics & Government News

12:53 PM on Wednesday, August 12

The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens

12:19 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom

12:06 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a major expansion under a new Trump administration emergency permitting process

11:17 AM on Wednesday, August 12

A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians

10:34 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Morocco has beefed up security along its border with Spain as calls have resurfaced on social media for mass crossings into the Spanish city of Ceuta, raising concerns of another surge, similar to the one last month when tens of thousands of migrants rushed the border

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Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future

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Germany’s government plans to give its intelligence services broader powers in response to a rising threat from powers such as Russia and extremists

4:55 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Survivors have described a tragic ferry disaster on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, where at least 44 people have died

3:41 AM on Wednesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's executive order to change the childhood vaccine schedule could endear him to some “Make America Healthy Again” voters who want more flexibility on immunization

3:22 AM on Wednesday, August 12

South Africa is asking several African governments to reimburse it for repatriating over 80,000 immigrants

3:04 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened retaliation against Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels, calling them "piracy."

1:39 AM on Wednesday, August 12

A drone strike has ignited a fire at an electrical substation in western Libya, knocking it out of service

11:28 PM on Tuesday, August 11

The Thai government has pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok intensified calls for tougher enforcement

2:07 PM on Tuesday, August 11

U.S. inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on broader costs in the economy

9:05 PM on Monday, August 10

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist

9:00 PM on Monday, August 10

Moderate Democrat David Crowley has won the Wisconsin primary for governor