Politics & Government News

2:29 PM on Sunday, May 10

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades

1:39 PM on Sunday, May 10

Community and human rights groups say between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia attacks them with handmade explosive launched from drones and powerful weapons

1:22 PM on Sunday, May 10

French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a visit to Kenya ahead of a two-day Africa Forward Summit

12:35 PM on Sunday, May 10

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9:22 AM on Sunday, May 10

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after poor local election results for his Labour Party

9:03 AM on Sunday, May 10

Venezuela says an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two of its states and in a gulf area near the Caribbean nation

5:09 AM on Sunday, May 10

A referendum on Oregon's primary ballot seeking to repeal a Democratic gas tax increase is complicating the affordability message central to the party's midterm election strategy

3:24 PM on Saturday, May 9

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has reshuffled several top government posts and removed his brother from a key position

11:22 AM on Saturday, May 9

Rebels in Congo say the United States has fallen short as a mediator in efforts to end the conflict in the African country’s mineral-rich east

6:13 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings

6:06 AM on Saturday, May 9

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans

5:26 AM on Saturday, May 9

A new congressional map in Tennessee splits the majority-Black city of Memphis into three districts

4:37 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump is making significant changes to the nation's capital as he focuses on renovations and new projects

3:57 AM on Saturday, May 9

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pledging to revive his struggling government amid calls to resign after disastrous local elections for his Labour Party

1:42 AM on Saturday, May 9

Hungary's Péter Magyar has taken his oath of office to become the country's new prime minister, ending Viktor Orbán’s autocratic 16-year rule

9:51 PM on Friday, May 8

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed confidence in a victory in Ukraine during a military parade in Moscow marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

9:01 PM on Friday, May 8

As Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping approaches, the family of Hong Kong's jailed activist Jimmy Lai is hopeful that the U.S. President could help free their father

9:01 PM on Friday, May 8

The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S. Virginia's supreme court this week rejected a new districting plan on procedural grounds

11:26 AM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

9:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections