Politics & Government News

9:48 AM on Thursday, April 9

Days before a pivotal election, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces an unusually strong challenge from center-right rival Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party has gained support amid economic stagnation and frozen EU funds

9:13 AM on Thursday, April 9

The Trump administration is proposing cuts to federal funding for tribal colleges and universities for the second year in a row

8:31 AM on Thursday, April 9

European leaders are trying to influence an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran from the sidelines

5:20 AM on Thursday, April 9

5:07 AM on Thursday, April 9

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan is cutting down on official and luxury vehicles to save fuel as oil prices rise due to the Iran war

3:39 AM on Thursday, April 9

French authorities say at least four people died while trying to board an inflatable boat for a dangerous sea crossing from northern France to the U.K. The prefect of the Pas-de-Calais region said Thursday that 38 others were rescued including one whose condition involved a medical emergency

3:37 AM on Thursday, April 9

A new report says security spending for congressional and presidential campaigns has jumped fivefold over the past decade as an increasingly hostile political environment has led to escalating threats against public officials

12:47 AM on Thursday, April 9

Myanmar’s parliament has approved a cabinet that largely includes former generals and holdovers from the past military-led government under Min Aung Hlaing

10:48 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Voters in Benin are heading to the polls Sunday to elect a new president

10:32 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Anger and frustration is growing in Russia over government restrictions on the internet that have disrupted daily life, hurt businesses and brought condemnation from both Kremlin critics and supporters alike

10:18 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel, and foster opposition to it

9:39 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Voters in key Indian regions are casting ballots in local elections that will test the support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

9:10 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

9:02 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval

5:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge’s ruling on the same issues

4:20 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hundreds of workers, union members and opposition supporters march in Senegal's capital, Dakar, protesting broken government promises and a worsening cost of living

3:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

4:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday

4:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government says Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting that has killed hundreds of people

9:18 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire