Politics & Government News

1:17 PM on Saturday, April 18

Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx

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

6:20 AM on Saturday, April 18

Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official

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

4:37 AM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary

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

2:59 AM on Saturday, April 18

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order

2:24 AM on Saturday, April 18

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries

9:56 PM on Friday, April 17

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway

9:05 PM on Friday, April 17

The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked

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

4:17 PM on Friday, April 17

5:46 AM on Friday, April 17