Politics & Government News

6:47 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Thousands of students have marched through the Czech capital to protest a government plan to overhaul and reduce public media funding

5:40 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Cambodia and China have held their first meeting of what is called a “2+2” Strategic Dialogue Mechanism

5:25 AM on Wednesday, April 22

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3:32 AM on Wednesday, April 22

President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site

3:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Kyiv’s top diplomat says Ukraine is pushing for direct talks between President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin

2:51 AM on Wednesday, April 22

The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years

9:08 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans

5:09 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne said British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts

4:24 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A U.S. appeals court says Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

4:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril

10:41 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA

9:44 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon

5:20 AM on Tuesday, April 21

4:36 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned, doing so just moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress

4:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories

10:13 PM on Monday, April 20

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip

9:03 PM on Monday, April 20

Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections

4:03 PM on Monday, April 20

President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so