Politics & Government News

11:57 AM on Thursday, April 16

Congressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

11:51 AM on Thursday, April 16

A leftist South African politician who has drawn the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle at a political rally in 2018

10:49 AM on Thursday, April 16

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8:38 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV has led a peace meeting in Cameroon’s northwestern city of Bamenda, which is part of a region battered by a separatist violence

8:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Indonesia is reviewing a U.S. proposal for overflight access to its airspace

7:47 AM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs

7:34 AM on Thursday, April 16

Gabon’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, has been arrested by the country’s security forces, his party announced in a statement on Thursday

7:14 AM on Thursday, April 16

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, is playing a crucial role in mediating between Iran and the U.S. A recent video shows him in Tehran, highlighting his involvement in easing tensions

7:01 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new Gallup poll shows more young men in the U.S. now say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women

5:21 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award

3:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “handful of tyrants” exploiting Earth through war and greed

3:22 AM on Thursday, April 16

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

2:48 AM on Thursday, April 16

Lionel Rosenblatt, a high-profile advocate for refugee rights, has died at 82 after a battle with cancer

1:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

From its earliest days as a country, the diverse United States has aspired to unity

9:38 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics

5:02 PM on Wednesday, April 15

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States

10:22 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez are leading in the race for president in the vote count after Peru’s general election

7:08 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District on Thursday will fill the House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill