Politics & Government News

6:34 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Rumors of Venezuela freeing Colombian prisoners gave Diana Tique hope of reuniting with her brother

6:16 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Opposition leaders in Cameroon Tuesday contested the results of the Oct. 12 presidential election after the country’s top court declared the world’s oldest leader Paul Biya winner

5:52 PM on Tuesday, October 28

MacKenzie Scott has donated $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

5:17 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit to defend census methods used to protect privacy and fill in missing data

3:14 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The Trump administration is reassigning at least half of the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices across the country

2:59 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Tanzanians will vote Wednesday in an election that pits incumbent leader Samia Suluhu Hassan against opposition candidates from smaller parties after her main rivals were barred from running

2:51 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

2:47 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Federal judge indefinitely bars Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

2:30 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Vice President Vance says he believes US military will be paid Friday despite the shutdown, but does not specify how

2:30 PM on Tuesday, October 28

2:19 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A North Carolina man who told authorities he had killed his children and that his children's bodies were in the trunk of a vehicle at his home has been charged with four counts of murder

1:51 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Tunisian courts have ordered some of the country’s most prominent human rights organizations to halt activities, deepening concerns about the erosion of freedoms and shrinking space for groups that challenge those in power

12:41 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Air traffic controllers are missing another paycheck due to the ongoing government shutdown, raising concerns about financial stress affecting their work

12:33 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan for overhauling the state’s aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns were not being addressed

9:51 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean against four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor

9:44 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Russian lawmakers have endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds through a fourth year

9:01 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Maine and Texas are the latest states where Republicans are pushing ballot initiatives targeting noncitizen voting, which is rare

8:19 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November

12:03 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area

10:46 PM on Monday, October 27

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet with her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area