Politics & Government News

1:55 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Ohio State University says its recently resigned president violated school policy by attempting to help a woman with whom he had a close personal relationship get a job at the school, help with her podcast and other access to school resources

12:59 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy

12:30 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A former Missouri lawmaker who was censured over sexual misconduct allegations has won a court case to recoup thousands of dollars seized from his salary as a penalty

12:01 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Florida's attorney general has opened an investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT

11:59 AM on Tuesday, April 21

11:19 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Trump administration is requiring all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some Medicaid providers

10:45 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Ukraine has completed repairs on a damaged oil pipeline and is preparing to resume flows

10:05 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The former leader of Britain's Foreign Office has revealed details about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite failing security checks

9:22 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania have been charged with insulting the president

8:46 AM on Tuesday, April 21

French Ambassador to South Africa David Martinon says South African officials should be allowed to attend meetings of the Group of 20 in the United States this year after they were barred by U.S. President Donald Trump

6:30 AM on Tuesday, April 21

After U.S.-Israeli bombardment eliminated Iran’s supreme leader and much of its top echelons, the Islamic Republic’s leadership didn’t fall apart

6:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

NATO has intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets over the Baltic Sea

5:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia

5:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

5:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have urged for negotiations to support a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon following talks in Paris

4:51 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The head of Myanmar's military-backed government has invited armed resistance groups to new peace talks

3:21 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Nigerian authorities say they have charged six people with terrorism and treason over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, according to charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday

3:18 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections

3:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary's legislation banning LGBTQ+ content for minors violates EU law

2:50 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of a United Nations security force to combat gang violence