Politics & Government News

4:52 PM on Monday, October 13

3:51 PM on Monday, October 13

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism

3:35 PM on Monday, October 13

North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on new US House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

3:31 PM on Monday, October 13

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia

3:19 PM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump has declared Israel's war with Hamas over and sees the ceasefire as a chance for lasting peace in the Middle East

2:42 PM on Monday, October 13

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba for the U.S. at the request of the U.S. government, according to Cuban authorities

1:37 PM on Monday, October 13

As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, saying the region is finally at peace and claiming he has now ended eight wars in eight months

1:11 PM on Monday, October 13

Egyptian leader says US President Donald Trump has been awarded his country's top civilian honor

1:00 PM on Monday, October 13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons

12:25 PM on Monday, October 13

From Seattle to Baltimore, people in the United States are recognizing Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day

11:34 AM on Monday, October 13

Lebanon’s president says his country and Israel should negotiate to solve pending problems between them since war didn't lead to any positive results

10:21 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump arrives in Egypt for summit on Gaza’s future after visiting Israel to celebrate ceasefire deal with Hamas

9:33 AM on Monday, October 13

A local candidate in the suburbs of New York City will remain on the November ballot, despite vanishing months ago after a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean

8:08 AM on Monday, October 13

Trump uses Knesset speech to urge Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges

6:54 AM on Monday, October 13

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law

3:56 AM on Monday, October 13

The Dutch government has intervened in the business of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor company, due to concerns about governance

1:16 AM on Monday, October 13

Each morning at 9 o'clock, Ukraine stops for one minute of reflection to honor those killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion

Monday, October 13

Hamas has released all 20 remaining hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, ending two years of conflict in the Gaza Strip

Monday, October 13

Barack Obama has helped Marc Maron close out his podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” after 16 years and over 1,600 episodes

2:06 PM on Sunday, October 12

Israel says it has received 20 hostages released by Hamas while Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire in Gaza held amid a critical day for all sides and the region