Politics & Government News

12:10 AM on Saturday, September 26

It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects

12:08 AM on Saturday, September 26

Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank

12:04 AM on Saturday, September 26

Thousands in Nepal have lost their homes and livelihoods after last month's devastating floods

7:54 PM on Friday, September 25

A prosecutor who has been accused of misconduct over a failed attempt to bring felony charges against six protesters of the federal immigration crackdown in Chicago has resigned

7:48 PM on Friday, September 25

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has signed an order to ban fixed-odds betting

7:45 PM on Friday, September 25

President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress

7:08 PM on Friday, September 25

The U.N. refugee chief is urging the world’s divided nations to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return

6:57 PM on Friday, September 25

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.N. General Assembly’s leader and health officials are seeking to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the global agenda

6:02 PM on Friday, September 25

The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump

5:34 PM on Friday, September 25

Journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are back at the White House after President Donald Trump attempted to ban them over what he said was unfavorable coverage

4:26 PM on Friday, September 25

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party has won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election

2:49 PM on Friday, September 25

2:48 PM on Friday, September 25

President Donald Trump has vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground races in the final sprint to November’s midterm elections

2:32 PM on Friday, September 25

A new report on Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year says his Turning Point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns from officials at the university where he was killed

12:30 PM on Friday, September 25

New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor has resigned after being pushed out by the governor over accusations of ethics lapses and inappropriate behavior with women

11:37 AM on Friday, September 25

The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections

10:27 AM on Friday, September 25

The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip

9:38 AM on Friday, September 25

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon

8:32 AM on Friday, September 25

The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump

5:55 AM on Friday, September 25

France is working on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution backing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz