Government News
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A unanimous Supreme Court says that Indian tribes' immunity from lawsuits does not always extend to their employees in incidents that occur far from Indian reservations
April 25, 2017 -
Head of beleaguered Hungary university appeals for EU help, says new law aims to shut it down
April 25, 2017 -
A Maryland lawmaker has been sentenced to two days in jail for driving while impaired
April 25, 2017 -
Russia's justice ministry has restored public access to the financial reports of charities linked to the prime minister after taking them off its website following claims of corruption
April 25, 2017 -
President Donald Trump says that he hasn't changed his position on building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico
April 25, 2017 -
Prosecutors in Hungary say they have indicted a lawmaker from the ruling Fidesz party and six others for attempting to embezzle public funds
April 25, 2017 -
The opposition Labour Party pledges a new Brexit strategy if it wins Britain's general election
April 25, 2017 -
The number of New York City public school students who lived in homeless shelters for at least part of the last school year rose by more than 4,000 from the previous year
April 25, 2017 -
Thailand's top defense official says the government has approved the purchase of its first submarine in more than half a century, calling the $393 million deal with China necessary and a bargain
April 25, 2017 -
Former US Ambassador Samantha Power is writing a memoir about her transition from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of foreign policy to a leading government official
April 25, 2017 -
A Greek court has rejected a new Turkish request for the extradition of three of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece by helicopter after last year's failed military coup in Turkey
April 25, 2017 -
Transit officials say anti-Semitic graffiti incidents are the top subway bias crime investigated so far this year by the New York Police Department
April 25, 2017 -
Pakistani official raises toll from roadside bombing claimed by Taliban faction in northwestern tribal area to 14 killed
April 25, 2017 -
The EU's competition watchdog says investigators have launched surprise inspections at a number of Swedish mobile telecoms companies amid concerns over a possible cartel
April 25, 2017 -
Turkish high court rejects opposition's bid to appeal referendum on presidential powers
April 25, 2017