Politics & Government News

6:00 PM on Monday, October 27

Maine voters will decide a pair of high-profile ballot measures addressing elections and gun violence in a statewide referendum election next week

5:45 PM on Monday, October 27

Cincinnati’s mayor seeks a second term against a challenger with notable family ties in a municipal election next week

5:43 PM on Monday, October 27

Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists

4:20 PM on Monday, October 27

A lawsuit is seeking to redraw the lines of a Republican-controlled congressional district in New York state

4:17 PM on Monday, October 27

A local Republican leader in Kentucky has drawn a strong backlash after sharing a social media video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes

3:37 PM on Monday, October 27

Colorado’s new free school meals program will face a key test when voters decide two statewide ballot measures that would put the program on sounder financial footing, mostly by raising taxes on high-income individuals

3:23 PM on Monday, October 27

Guyana’s government says it is investigating what it called a terrorist attack on a gas station that caused a car to explode, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring four other people, two of them seriously

2:42 PM on Monday, October 27

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office

2:02 PM on Monday, October 27

Mexico failed to deliver millions of gallons of water to South Texas farmers as required under a 1944 treaty

1:58 PM on Monday, October 27

The leader of Canada’s most populous province is bragging about the impact of his anti-tariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada

1:37 PM on Monday, October 27

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has been reelected for a fourth term, provisional results show

1:04 PM on Monday, October 27

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has resumed offering abortions after a nearly monthlong pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that took effect at the beginning of October

1:02 PM on Monday, October 27

Officials say British political commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport

10:43 AM on Monday, October 27

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have entered a third day in Istanbul without reaching an agreement

9:22 AM on Monday, October 27

Israel’s foreign minister says his government will not allow Turkish troops to take part in a future international peace force in Gaza

9:14 AM on Monday, October 27

Turkey and Britain have signed an agreement for the purchase of 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets by Ankara

8:21 AM on Monday, October 27

Notices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration

5:54 AM on Monday, October 27

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Asia-Pacific leaders to prioritize dialogue and cooperation over coercion and confrontation

9:38 PM on Sunday, October 26

Cameroon’s top court has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the latest election

9:15 PM on Sunday, October 26

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime