Politics & Government News

1:55 PM on Saturday, August 9

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections

1:22 PM on Saturday, August 9

Thousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily

12:43 PM on Saturday, August 9

Chad's criminal court has sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Success Masra to 20 years in prison

12:33 PM on Saturday, August 9

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot in June during a campaign rally in Bogotá and remains hospitalized, has experienced a hemorrhage in his nervous system

11:59 AM on Saturday, August 9

Haiti’s government says it is implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country’s central region as gang violence surges

11:30 AM on Saturday, August 9

A top official at the Federal Reserve is saying that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job market is strengthening her belief that interest rates should be lower

11:13 AM on Saturday, August 9

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is zeroing in on New York Attorney General Letitia James

9:30 AM on Saturday, August 9

A spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community is calling for an international investigation into clashes in southern Syria last month

8:34 AM on Saturday, August 9

Thousands of Ivorians have protested in Abidjan against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election

7:02 AM on Saturday, August 9

Dozens of gunmen have attacked a boat off Ecuador’s southwest coast

4:48 AM on Saturday, August 9

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and the veteran Democrat is showing no inclination to step aside

2:17 AM on Saturday, August 9

The United States began imposing tariffs on imported goods from dozens of countries even as the economy weakens

1:34 AM on Saturday, August 9

South Korea's military says North Korea has started removing some loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border

12:08 AM on Saturday, August 9

New Zealand and Australia are discussing closer military cooperation following recent Chinese military exercises near their shores

9:03 PM on Friday, August 8

President Donald Trump's promised law enforcement surge in the nation's capital didn't appear to happen as scheduled on its first night

9:02 PM on Friday, August 8

Prices of acai smoothies and bowls look certain to go up in the U.S. as President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports in July and threatened the delicate balance of supply and demand that holds the industry

9:01 PM on Friday, August 8

The death of a New York City police officer in last week’s midtown office tower shooting is highlighting the growth of Bangladeshi immigrants in the nation’s largest police force

2:48 PM on Friday, August 8

Authorities say they have captured a man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead

10:09 AM on Friday, August 8

Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous huaraches

6:36 AM on Friday, August 8

Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a peace agreement at the White House, aiming to end decades of conflict