Politics & Government News

7:02 AM on Wednesday, November 26

Lebanon and Cyprus have signed a long-delayed sea border agreement, ending an almost 20-year impasse

6:24 AM on Wednesday, November 26

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge

4:54 AM on Wednesday, November 26

India has lodged a protest with China over the detention of an Indian citizen during a layover at the Shanghai airport on November 21

12:02 AM on Wednesday, November 26

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has become a key negotiator in the Trump administration’s push to end the Russia-Ukraine war

10:22 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Hundreds of women have marched through Mexico City's streets to protest violence against women

8:41 PM on Tuesday, November 25

The Trump administration’s plan to review all refugees admitted to the United States under the Biden administration is weighing heavily on people who could be affected by the evaluation and fueling uncertainty and worry among people who believed their status was secured

8:25 PM on Tuesday, November 25

China is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan over a statement by its prime minister on Taiwan

7:58 PM on Tuesday, November 25

President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan

7:34 PM on Tuesday, November 25

2:37 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser says she will not be seeking re-election next year

2:28 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews

1:29 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Belarusian politician Mikola Statkevich, who was freed from prison in a U.S.-brokered deal but refused to leave his native country, has been returned to prison

1:26 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Kirill Dmitriev has emerged as a key player in drafting a new proposal to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine

1:02 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A new U.S. push to end Russia-Ukraine fighting has set off a flurry of diplomacy by American, European, Russian and Ukrainian officials

1:02 PM on Tuesday, November 25

An organization is tracking the growing number of arrests among people with temporary deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

8:51 AM on Tuesday, November 25

President Donald Trump brought insults and grievances to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House

4:30 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Rights groups have criticized the Trump administration's decision to end deportation protections for Myanmar citizens

8:56 PM on Monday, November 24

President Donald Trump says his plan to end the war in Ukraine has been "fine-tuned."

12:47 PM on Monday, November 24

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department

12:11 PM on Monday, November 10