Politics & Government News

11:35 AM on Saturday, April 18

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid

11:20 AM on Saturday, April 18

Peruvian interim President José María Balcázar has decided to leave the purchase of 24 fighter jets for the country's military to his successor

10:44 AM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30

7:43 AM on Saturday, April 18

The governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to reopen their airspace starting in May, allowing flights between their countries for the first time in more than two years

7:16 AM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine

6:50 AM on Saturday, April 18

Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace

5:49 AM on Saturday, April 18

Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest

4:55 AM on Saturday, April 18

The son of an 85-year-old French widow who has returned to France after being detained in the U.S. for overstaying her visa says the family's priority is her health and rest

4:46 AM on Saturday, April 18

Some of the harshest words that President Donald Trump has used against a leading Democratic rival aren't about political differences but rather a learning disability

4:10 AM on Saturday, April 18

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has laid to rest a diplomatic spat between her government and Spain over the Spanish colonial past

10:42 PM on Friday, April 17

A new law named after Charlie Kirk is encouraging Tennessee teachers to include the positive impacts of religion in American history classes

9:00 PM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces renewed scrutiny over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson, a known associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was initially denied security clearance

6:41 PM on Friday, April 17

An American delegation has met recently with Cuban government officials in the island nation

5:59 PM on Friday, April 17

Costa Rica has received a second group of migrants deported from the United States

5:23 PM on Friday, April 17

A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director

3:27 PM on Friday, April 17

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Lindsey Boylan in her City Council race, throwing his political weight behind the first woman to accuse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

11:39 AM on Friday, April 17

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

10:15 AM on Friday, April 17

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring

5:46 AM on Friday, April 17

3:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings