Politics & Government News

7:01 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro

5:18 AM on Wednesday, January 7

China has escalated its trade tensions with Japan by launching an investigation into imported dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in making semiconductors

4:08 AM on Wednesday, January 7

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to serve as a mediator to help resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis and ease animosities between the two Koreas

3:29 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is recovering from a broken right hip after a fall

1:04 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader and says he faces treason charges

12:16 AM on Wednesday, January 7

As Iran is gripped by new protests, many people there are focused on the U.S. raid in Venezuela and wonder whether the same could occur in Tehran

10:08 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Uganda is preparing for a election in an atmosphere of political violence

6:15 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died

5:48 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Less than two weeks before her inauguration, Democrat Abigail Spanberger says she’s still digesting what it means to become the first female governor in Virginia’s nearly 250-year history

4:52 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy

4:36 PM on Tuesday, January 6

President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed by Democrats

4:16 PM on Tuesday, January 6

The Department of Homeland Security says it has launched in Minnesota what it's calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency

2:15 PM on Tuesday, January 6

The Cuban government has revealed the identities of 32 military personnel killed during the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

1:06 PM on Tuesday, January 6

President Donald Trump says Venezuela will be providing 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., and he pledges to use proceeds from the sale of this oil “to benefit the people” of both countries

12:32 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two

12:02 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his foreign minister and the governor general will visit Greenland in early February in the wake of renewed threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the Danish territory

11:27 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana is recovering from a car crash and expected to make a full recovery, A statement from Baird's office says he is recovering, but details of the crash are not immediately clear

8:16 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties

12:02 AM on Tuesday, January 6

A former Republican lawmaker in Arizona has been sentenced to probation and a five-year ban on running for public office

7:38 PM on Monday, January 5

Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy have conducted a sit-in at Tehran's Grand Bazaar