Politics & Government News

12:17 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Farmers across Cuba are struggling to feed the country amid a U.S. energy blockade that's causing severe shortages

Tuesday, April 28

Many people applying for Medicaid in Nebraska will soon have to prove that they're working, volunteering or in school

8:38 PM on Monday, April 27

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has met with Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley and invited her administration to invest in energy production in the South American country

8:29 PM on Monday, April 27

Republicans in Congress have launched new efforts to approve and pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom at the White House

7:26 PM on Monday, April 27

An appeals court has ruled that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision to block its enforcement of a press access policy challenged by The New York Times

5:20 PM on Monday, April 27

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ruled out a conflict with the United States over an incident involving two CIA agents who died in Chihuahua

4:45 PM on Monday, April 27

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development

4:01 PM on Monday, April 27

Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”

3:50 PM on Monday, April 27

An alliance of al-Qaida-linked militants and separatists has launched the largest coordinated attack in over a decade in Mali

3:08 PM on Monday, April 27

A series of attacks in Colombia's southwest has raised security concerns before the May presidential election

3:03 PM on Monday, April 27

Inexperienced teenage counselors were not trained to handle flood and other emergency situations at Camp Mystic, and feared making decisions on their own

2:51 PM on Monday, April 27

Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot

12:32 PM on Monday, April 27

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump

12:26 PM on Monday, April 27

California continues to fight the Trump administration after it defied state officials to restart oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast in the name of national security

3:09 AM on Monday, April 27

Iran has offered to end its control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war

12:11 AM on Monday, April 27

Elderly residents in Old Havana gather for meals at the Church of the Holy Spirit, a crucial support amid Cuba’s economic crisis

12:05 AM on Monday, April 27

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have made it to the White House on his first visit to the United States since he became king in 2022

12:03 AM on Monday, April 27

Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements

11:59 PM on Sunday, April 26

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program

6:49 AM on Monday, April 20

Diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war stalled again over the weekend as both sides dug in on their demands, even as they face mounting pressure to reach a compromise