Politics & Government News

11:29 AM on Wednesday, April 8

California's election watchdog is investigating Santa Clara County leaders over a campaign for a voter-approved sales tax increase

10:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 8

9:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

8:36 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with an attack on police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

8:22 AM on Wednesday, April 8

8:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

7:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting between the two countries that has left hundreds of people killed

7:01 AM on Wednesday, April 8

12:48 AM on Wednesday, April 8

California Rep. Eric Swalwell is vowing to aggressively push back on federal immigration officers if elected governor

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

8:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

12:36 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash

12:55 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war

12:08 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court

12:07 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Republican Clay Fuller has won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia

12:02 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

12:11 PM on Monday, March 23