Politics & Government News

1:37 PM on Sunday, November 30

Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, once a U.S. ally in the war on drugs, is on the verge of being pardoned by President Donald Trump

9:03 AM on Sunday, November 30

Around 250 federal border agents plan to begin a monthslong immigration crackdown in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi dubbed “Swamp Sweep.”

8:07 AM on Sunday, November 30

Hondurans begin voting to elect new president, Congress under renewed US attention

7:02 AM on Sunday, November 30

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was once critical of English

5:43 AM on Sunday, November 30

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks president to grant him pardon from corruption charges

8:57 PM on Saturday, November 29

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls says he will retire from Congress after his term ends in 2026 to focus on family

8:32 PM on Saturday, November 29

Ex-military officers who served in Argentina’s brutal dictatorship and their families have staged a rare rally to push for the release of fellow officers imprisoned for human rights abuses committed during the junta’s 1976-1983 rule

4:24 PM on Saturday, November 29

Amnesty International's secretary general says Syria's new authorities show some commitment to reform, transitional justice and reconciliation

3:30 PM on Saturday, November 29

Hondurans are buzzing about U.S. President Donald Trump's recent involvement in their presidential election

1:25 PM on Saturday, November 29

The Venezuelan government is accusing President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty

10:41 AM on Saturday, November 29

Azerbaijani authorities have detained opposition leader Ali Karimli, according to his adviser

8:25 AM on Saturday, November 29

Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building

8:24 AM on Saturday, November 29

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding

8:09 AM on Saturday, November 29

Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly

6:23 AM on Saturday, November 29

The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau following a military coup, emphasizing its zero tolerance for unconstitutional changes in government

5:09 AM on Saturday, November 29

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has outlined recovery and compensation plans for the southern part of the country, where severe flooding has killed at least 162 people

3:56 AM on Saturday, November 29

A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen

2:46 AM on Saturday, November 29

U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war

12:07 AM on Saturday, November 29

The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports

9:10 PM on Sunday, November 23

Philippine authorities have detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects