Politics & Government News

12:05 AM on Sunday, December 28

Polls open in Central African Republic’s general elections with the incumbent likely to win a third term as president

11:29 PM on Saturday, December 27

Polls open in Guinea’s first presidential election since a 2021 coup with junta leader expected to win

4:06 AM on Saturday, December 27

Italian authorities have arrested nine people linked to three charities, accused of raising millions for Hamas

3:55 AM on Saturday, December 27

A growing number of countries have rejected Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation and warned of “serious repercussions” in the Red Sea region

11:15 PM on Friday, December 26

Russia struck Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones in an attack that killed at least one person

9:37 PM on Friday, December 26

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over border disputes

9:31 PM on Friday, December 26

Voters in Kosovo are headed for a second election this year in a bid to resolve a political deadlock that has threatened to push the small Balkan nation into a prolonged crisis

9:11 PM on Friday, December 26

Millions of Afghans are struggling as international aid cuts sever a lifeline many relied on for food and heating

9:03 PM on Friday, December 26

A mysterious group called Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Lt. Gov. Burt Jones since November

2:07 PM on Friday, December 26

A federal judge has canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in its human smuggling case against him

2:03 PM on Friday, December 26

The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance

1:27 PM on Friday, December 26

Venezuelan migrants transferred to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government are demanding justice

12:39 PM on Friday, December 26

California has dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project

10:44 AM on Friday, December 26

In the fallout of President Donald Trump's executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion policies in awarding university research funding, Pittsburgh researchers have responded to new federal guidelines by rewriting grant applications

10:35 AM on Friday, December 26

Allegheny County in Pennsylvania will begin using a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community, beginning Jan. 1

9:16 AM on Friday, December 26

Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of Americans

8:41 AM on Friday, December 26

Pakistan has summoned Britain’s deputy high commissioner after a viral video showed a woman at a rally in the northern English city of Bradford saying the Pakistani army chief would die in a possible attack

5:30 AM on Friday, December 26

After the crystal ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue

12:25 AM on Friday, December 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he will meet on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida

3:40 PM on Thursday, December 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians