Politics & Government News

1:22 PM on Friday, December 12

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely

12:54 PM on Friday, December 12

Kosovo says that the first of several dozen third-country migrants has arrived from the United States under an agreement reached earlier this year with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration

12:46 PM on Friday, December 12

Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes

12:35 PM on Friday, December 12

The Treasury Department is targeting businesses used to send money abroad as President Donald Trump's administration ramps up investigations into fraud within Minnesota's Somali community

11:52 AM on Friday, December 12

The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image

11:50 AM on Friday, December 12

A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America has handed off command responsibilities as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region

11:19 AM on Friday, December 12

Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review and congressional approval over White House ballroom project

10:45 AM on Friday, December 12

Prosecutors in Turkey's capital say five people have been detained over a sex harassment scandal that has hit the country’s parliament

8:20 AM on Friday, December 12

A Vermont school district is receiving racist and threatening messages after raising a Somali flag at a school building last week

7:05 AM on Friday, December 12

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on track to become the next head of the U.N. refugee agency

7:00 AM on Friday, December 12

A new AP-NORC poll finds this holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares of them are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump

6:57 AM on Friday, December 12

An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference

4:54 AM on Friday, December 12

The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine

3:42 AM on Friday, December 12

Chile is heading into a high-stakes presidential runoff defined by sharply contrasting visions of the country’s recent past and visions for its future

12:09 AM on Friday, December 12

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him

12:04 AM on Friday, December 12

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”

12:01 AM on Friday, December 12

President Donald Trump has successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime to retake the White House

12:01 AM on Friday, December 12

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government

7:37 PM on Thursday, December 11

Thailand is preparing for a new election early next year after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives

4:26 PM on Thursday, December 11

The recent seizure of an oil tanker known as Skipper by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign to choke off Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s access to oil revenues