Politics & Government News

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Burkina Faso government forces have killed more than twice as many civilians as jihadist groups over two years, Human Rights Watch reports

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U.S. President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been damning of the U.K.’s naval capabilities

4:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission

3:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

3:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

3:06 AM on Thursday, April 2

International media organizations have joined Serbian journalists in raising concerns about declining press freedoms in Serbia

12:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack

11:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Britain has accused Iran of holding the world’s economy hostage, as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz

9:11 PM on Wednesday, April 1

A bipartisan group of senators is aiming to relieve high insulin costs for more Americans

9:09 PM on Wednesday, April 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even though he says all of his administration's military objectives have been met or exceeded

9:06 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history

9:01 PM on Wednesday, April 1

In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties

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