Politics & Government News

4:51 AM on Sunday, September 21

Several French mayors plan to fly Palestinian flags on town halls, defying government orders

4:21 AM on Sunday, September 21

The U.K. is expected to recognize a Palestinian state later Sunday, despite U.S. opposition

3:03 AM on Sunday, September 21

Polls have opened in Guinea for a referendum on a draft constitution

1:39 AM on Sunday, September 21

Thousands of protesters in the Philippine capital are expressing outrage over a corruption scandal involving lawmakers, officials and businesspeople who allegedly pocketed huge kickbacks from flood-control projects in the country

1:07 AM on Sunday, September 21

Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country's 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups

12:01 AM on Sunday, September 21

President Donald Trump and his supporters will pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, whose assassination has intensified political tensions in the U.S. The memorial service Sunday in Arizona is expected to draw a large crowd to hear from Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other prominent figures

10:13 PM on Saturday, September 20

President Donald Trump has announced he will award Ben Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom

8:51 PM on Saturday, September 20

The Pentagon is stepping up restrictions on the media by requiring journalists to sign a pledge not to report on information that has not been authorized for release, including unclassified information

7:04 PM on Saturday, September 20

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's YouTube account is offline

6:20 PM on Saturday, September 20

Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc was crowned the winner of the newly revamped Intervision song contest — a Russian answer to Eurovision that some say is as much about politics and power as it is about performance

6:01 PM on Saturday, September 20

The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies

5:12 PM on Saturday, September 20

3:52 PM on Saturday, September 20

President Donald Trump has announced his nomination of Lindsey Halligan as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia

3:32 PM on Saturday, September 20

Ecuador's electoral council has approved President Daniel Noboa's request to hold a referendum on constitutional changes

3:18 PM on Saturday, September 20

California has become the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while conducting official business

3:07 PM on Saturday, September 20

On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public have gathered to protest the financial institutions that are “making our lives more expensive while profiting off the climate crisis, war and genocide,” the organizers say

1:43 PM on Saturday, September 20

An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations

12:54 PM on Saturday, September 20

President Donald Trump’s latest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused

11:50 AM on Saturday, September 20

A possible federal shutdown is looming at month's end, and the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate

6:44 PM on Friday, September 19

Over the span of 14 days, nearly 200 people marched from Philadelphia to Washington, D