Politics & Government News

1:11 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Republican lawmakers in Indiana are considering a bill to make it illegal to use public land for sleeping and camping

12:34 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, longtime foreign affairs leader and vice chair of Sept. 11 attack panel, has died

12:25 PM on Wednesday, February 4

An Argentine judge has requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine in New York

12:15 PM on Wednesday, February 4

White House agrees to move Iran talks to Oman from Turkey after Arab leaders urge US to hear out Tehran, AP source says

12:05 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Foreign minister of Iran confirms his country will hold nuclear talks with the US in Oman on Friday

11:51 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The new Czech government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has survived a no-confidence vote in the Czech Parliament

10:59 AM on Wednesday, February 4

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas claims he has a new way to hold state government accountable

10:56 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Supreme Court refuses to block new California congressional districts that favor Democrats

10:44 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Californians could receive instant rebates on electric vehicle purchases under Governor Gavin Newsom’s $200 million proposal

10:37 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Bad Bunny's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is set entirely in Spanish

10:29 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new reelection running mate — as her current lieutenant governor has launched an increasingly caustic primary challenge to unseat her

10:13 AM on Wednesday, February 4

A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post

9:32 AM on Wednesday, February 4

The man convicted of trying to assassinate Trump at his Florida golf course is sentenced to life in federal prison

9:06 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Authorities in Cyprus have identified a body found last month on a beach as Vladislav Baumgertner, the former CEO of Russia’s largest potash company

8:57 AM on Wednesday, February 4

8:52 AM on Wednesday, February 4

New international polling from Gallup shows that Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system

8:34 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike

2:57 AM on Wednesday, February 4

Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv have met in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year war

11:40 PM on Tuesday, February 3

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire this week, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century

11:40 AM on Tuesday, February 3

The criminal case against Nevada’s six “fake electors” has returned to a Clark County courtroom after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that it’s the proper jurisdiction