Politics & Government News

2:47 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline

12:01 PM on Wednesday, April 22

People who have fled abuses in Equatorial Guinea and are taking refuge elsewhere fear that the pope's visit to the Central African country could launder the image of Africa's longest-serving ruler

11:58 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Gerrymandering is proliferating in states across the U.S. Republicans and Democrats alike have been redrawing voting districts for the U.S. House to try to give their party an advantage

11:55 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Six people accused of plotting to overthrow Nigerian President Bola Tinubu have been arraigned on charges of treason and terrorism

11:31 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Rhode Island has moved its primary elections to Wednesday, Sept. 9, to avoid conflict with Labor Day

9:47 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Thousands of students have marched through the Czech capital to protest a government plan to overhaul and reduce public media funding

8:46 AM on Wednesday, April 22

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Cambodia and China have held their first meeting of what is called a “2+2” Strategic Dialogue Mechanism

8:25 AM on Wednesday, April 22

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6:32 AM on Wednesday, April 22

President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site

5:51 AM on Wednesday, April 22

The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years

12:05 AM on Wednesday, April 22

The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help

8:13 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year

8:09 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne said British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts

7:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril

12:44 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon

8:20 AM on Tuesday, April 21

7:03 PM on Monday, April 20

President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so