Politics & Government News

1:40 AM on Thursday, April 23

The Zambian government claims it has taken custody of former President Edgar Lungu's body in a monthslong and macabre dispute with his family over where he should be buried

1:19 AM on Thursday, April 23

Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung in Hanoi as part of his country's effort to build ties in trade, technology and digital transformation

11:39 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Slovakia's economy minister says the flow of Russian oil to Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline that crosses Ukraine has resumed

11:31 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Israel and Lebanon are meeting in Washington Thursday in the hope of extending a fragile 10-day ceasefire that began last week

10:06 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions

10:02 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The European Union is preparing to test rules that require member countries to assist each other during crises

9:25 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Voting in one of India’s most closely watched state elections has begun after a national voter roll revision removed millions of names and raised concerns over disenfranchisement

9:21 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has been using his role as lieutenant governor this year to try to build up his record as he runs for governor

9:17 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Venezuela for key talks on border security and trade with the country's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez

9:08 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship

7:21 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections

6:53 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel

5:36 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The decision in Colorado to charge an immigration officer with assault after a protester was grabbed by the neck and pulled away could test the boundaries of immunity provisions for federal agents in the line of duty

3:23 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Three congressional candidates are accused of betting on their own elections through the prediction market Kalshi

2:45 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job

2:19 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity

2:02 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers

11:41 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester said she was held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children

7:03 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill

9:09 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Six leading candidates for California governor are jostling for advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader