Politics & Government News

3:52 PM on Thursday, January 15

The Czech Republic's new government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has won a confidence vote in Parliament

3:18 PM on Thursday, January 15

The Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America says he's ready to oversee an expanded presence but isn't sure what the Trump administration has planned

3:14 PM on Thursday, January 15

The United Nations chief is lashing out at countries that violate international law and calling the concentration of power and wealth by the world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.”

2:45 PM on Thursday, January 15

San Jose has banned federal immigration activity at dozens of city properties

1:48 PM on Thursday, January 15

The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan

1:14 PM on Thursday, January 15

U.K. officials say they are enforcing new laws to make creating online sexual images without consent illegal

12:59 PM on Thursday, January 15

Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has outlined his vision for a democratic Iran on social media

12:50 PM on Thursday, January 15

In a tale of two speeches, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has offered a rebuttal to President Donald Trump's defense of his tariff policies, made just days before by the president in Detroit

12:48 PM on Thursday, January 15

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says his administration has maintained a good relationship with the United States built on shared interests

12:00 PM on Thursday, January 15

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end

11:52 AM on Thursday, January 15

A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction

11:46 AM on Thursday, January 15

Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing the way for a New York project

10:42 AM on Thursday, January 15

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against Iran’s theocratic government

10:30 AM on Thursday, January 15

The final day to select Affordable Care Act health insurance for the year has arrived across much of the country

9:32 AM on Thursday, January 15

U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela

7:02 AM on Thursday, January 15

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals

7:00 AM on Thursday, January 15

President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers

6:54 AM on Thursday, January 15

Britain’s Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for apparently plotting to defect from the party

12:14 AM on Thursday, January 15

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers

12:07 AM on Thursday, January 15

The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever