Politics & Government News

12:25 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV should be defended from “powerful people” who have recently criticized him

12:10 PM on Wednesday, April 15

For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”

10:54 AM on Wednesday, April 15

California's local governments are navigating a new law allowing developers to build mid-rise apartments near major transit stops

9:45 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Manuel Portuondo was a teenager when his family fled Cuba for Miami in 1960

9:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory

8:35 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers

8:35 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades

7:57 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer

7:07 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Lebanon and Israel have started direct talks for the first time in decades, driven by the recent war involving Hezbollah

7:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump

6:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future

6:31 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit

6:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access

5:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

5:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The tax filing deadline for most Americans is Wednesday, and President Donald Trump's administration is highlighting the impacts of Republicans' massive tax and spending law

3:30 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on Beijing and Hanoi to prioritize advancing infrastructure connectivity and strengthen their collaborations in emerging fields like artificial intelligence and semiconductors

9:38 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations, calling them precious in the face of an international landscape intertwined with changes and chaos

9:22 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members

9:03 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA event to defend President Donald Trump’s aggression in Iran and play down the resulting tensions between Washington and the Vatican

5:35 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations