Politics & Government News

4:31 AM on Friday, January 9

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland

4:18 AM on Friday, January 9

Iran leader: Protesters 'ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy,' referring to Trump

11:41 PM on Thursday, January 8

A reporter covering crime in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz has been killed in Poza Rica

10:34 PM on Thursday, January 8

A Honduran lawmaker from the National Party has been injured after a homemade explosive was thrown into Congress

10:21 PM on Thursday, January 8

Attorneys general in five Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration after it said it would freeze money for several public benefit programs

9:00 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela’s sudden release of detainees brought relief and guarded optimism to a country consumed by uncertainty

7:09 PM on Thursday, January 8

Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon

3:58 PM on Thursday, January 8

Colorado’s attorney general is accusing the Trump administration of waging a “revenge campaign” against the state

3:05 PM on Thursday, January 8

The top United Nations official says the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it's withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body

12:31 PM on Thursday, January 8

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges

9:43 AM on Thursday, January 8

A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions have remained high

8:46 AM on Thursday, January 8

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

6:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Israel’s prime minister says a former U.N. Mideast envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace process in Gaza

4:56 AM on Thursday, January 8

Iran’s government has cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls

4:44 AM on Thursday, January 8

Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes between government and Kurdish forces intensify

2:13 AM on Thursday, January 8

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento

2:00 AM on Thursday, January 8

Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

12:24 AM on Thursday, January 8

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen and mother of a 6-year-old

10:28 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Protesters have confronted federal officers in Minneapolis the day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

4:00 AM on Monday, January 5

Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests