Politics & Government News

11:25 AM on Thursday, March 26

Italy's culture minister says he plans to increases purchases of major artworks, as the ministry unveiled a newly bought Antonello da Messina painting in the Senate

9:42 AM on Thursday, March 26

Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel nearly as entrapped as its young protagonist, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review

9:19 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration says it's eased restrictions on a group of Belarus-linked financial and potash companies

8:32 AM on Thursday, March 26

Authorities in western Kenya say they have uncovered a mass grave with at least 33 bodies

6:13 AM on Thursday, March 26

The chief executive of Air Canada is apologizing for not being able to express himself adequately in French in a video message of condolence he released after the deadly plane crash in New York on Sunday

6:03 AM on Thursday, March 26

The European Parliament has approved a trade deal between Washington and Brussels but with amendments added to protect European interests should the United States fail to hold up its end of the bargain

5:29 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Kennedy Center says Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain humor prize

5:01 AM on Thursday, March 26

After more than a decade living with chronic kidney failure, Mexican activist Samara Martínez has turned her personal struggle into a campaign to decriminalize euthanasia

4:58 AM on Thursday, March 26

An engineer-turned-rapper who later became Kathmandu’s mayor is poised to lead Nepal as prime minister after his party won a landslide election

4:18 AM on Thursday, March 26

Hungary’s government is filing criminal charges against an investigative journalist, claiming he is spying for a foreign state

4:00 AM on Thursday, March 26

A new AP-NORC poll shows that while President Donald Trump maintains deep support among Republicans, he risks frustrating his supporters if the U.S. gets involved in a prolonged war

3:41 AM on Thursday, March 26

European lawmakers have approved a plan that makes it easier to send rejected asylum seekers to new detention centers outside the EU

3:19 AM on Thursday, March 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit

3:12 AM on Thursday, March 26

Nepal’s newly elected members of parliament have been sworn in, with nearly two-thirds of them from a political party that is less than four years old

9:11 PM on Wednesday, March 25

New population estimates show that U.S. growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties

9:03 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A growing faction of concerned citizens across America's suburbs are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance

9:03 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses

9:02 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Louisiana officials warn that the state's $300 million crawfish industry faces dire economic consequences because of a shortage of temporary seasonal workers via the H-2B visa program

8:57 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Officials in Bangladesh say a bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a river, killing at least 26

3:19 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal judge to force the Kennedy Center to block and reverse efforts to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts venue