Politics & Government News

6:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

11:45 AM on Saturday, August 30

The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters says it's eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees

11:44 AM on Saturday, August 30

Taiwan’s foreign minister has flown to the Philippines with a high-level delegation of investors, according to two senior Philippine officials

11:03 AM on Saturday, August 30

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump's direction

10:10 AM on Saturday, August 30

The Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital

10:04 AM on Saturday, August 30

Yemen's Houthis say an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Sanaa

9:15 AM on Saturday, August 30

California voters will decide in November whether to OK a new congressional map that would benefit Democrats

8:45 AM on Saturday, August 30

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office is urging the U.S. to reverse its decision to revoke his visa

8:23 AM on Saturday, August 30

"Thoughts and prayers."

8:13 AM on Saturday, August 30

Legal experts say Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s request for asylum in the United States is a smart but risky legal strategy

7:42 AM on Saturday, August 30

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington explores the complexity of America's past

7:38 AM on Saturday, August 30

Russia has launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, two days after an airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 people

5:38 AM on Saturday, August 30

The U.K. has barred Israeli government officials from attending the country’s biggest arms fair over growing concern about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

4:46 AM on Saturday, August 30

An angry mob has set fire to a local parliament building in Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring others

12:36 AM on Saturday, August 30

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States

7:55 PM on Friday, August 29

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products

7:24 PM on Friday, August 29

A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans’ sensitive information says he’s resigning because of actions taken against him since making the claim

3:49 PM on Friday, August 29

Bolivia’s highest court has thrown out criminal charges against former interim President Jeanine Áñez over her role in the 2019 killings of protesters, ordering the flashpoint case to restart in a special process for alleged crimes committed by former heads of state

12:31 PM on Friday, August 29

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts

12:22 PM on Friday, August 29

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court says she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals