Politics & Government News

12:36 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Melania Trump has rung the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to promote a new women's initiative called Imperia

12:31 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Human Rights Watch reports that women political prisoners in Myanmar face severe torture, sexual violence, and neglect

11:29 AM on Wednesday, September 23

President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, which further strengthened the Kremlin’s already-overwhelming legislative control, was a sign of public support for his policies

11:03 AM on Wednesday, September 23

The fate of the Chagos Islands hinges on U.S. support for a sovereignty transfer from Britain to Mauritius

9:56 AM on Wednesday, September 23

9:21 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Democrats are trying to win back Congress by criticizing their own party to appeal to voters in more conservative areas

8:42 AM on Wednesday, September 23

8:42 AM on Wednesday, September 23

8:37 AM on Wednesday, September 23

An international media watchdog says that journalists in Serbia are increasingly under threat of violence and hostility ahead of a high-stakes early parliamentary election that will test populist President Aleksandar Vucic’s rule

7:46 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Opening day at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package that added to the chaotic scene around U.N. headquarters in New York

7:15 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Democratic Texas U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is working to reach Black voters, a key demographic in his race against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton

6:23 AM on Wednesday, September 23

A new survey points to economic frustration among a key group that has largely backed Donald Trump and other Republicans in recent elections

6:13 AM on Wednesday, September 23

The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries worldwide

6:01 AM on Wednesday, September 23

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office

5:03 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence

4:17 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Cambodia’s prime minister says the country had eradicated the large-scale scam compounds it became known for globally, without providing significant new evidence

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 23

President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex

12:05 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their election chances in November

6:33 PM on Tuesday, September 22

4:56 PM on Tuesday, September 22

President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House