Politics

The German chancellor met some colorful constituents ahead of Sunday’s German general election — although it can be confirmed they won’t be voting for her party. A flock of Australian rainbow lorikeets...

BEIJING — China’s central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed Donald Trump as “a fading brand” in a conversation with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in the weeks following President Joe Biden’s inauguration, according...

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky late Thursday endorsed the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine booster shot for younger at-risk workers, which is seen as a rare...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive...

The Democratic-controlled House approved a wide-ranging bipartisan defense policy bill Thursday despite strong opposition from a conservative wing of the Republican Party. The House voted 316-113 in favor of the...

Exiled former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has been arrested in Italy, his lawyer and an aide said, four years after fleeing Spain after an independence referendum that Madrid ruled unconstitutional....

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted a graphic on Thursday showing a rise in murders in 2020 and blamed it on Joe Biden, who became president in 2021....

The House of Representatives has voted down an amendment that would have placed restrictions on the transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. The amendment’s failure Thursday capped a...

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, a founder of the Taliban who will control prisons under the new government in Afghanistan, said strict punishment, including amputations and executions, will return. “Everyone criticized us...