Politics & Government News

3:29 AM on Thursday, November 6

Six leading Turkish journalists have been summoned to testify to police over allegations of spreading false information about Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu

2:56 AM on Thursday, November 6

Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones

2:24 AM on Thursday, November 6

Energy ministers from the United States and Europe have gathered in Athens as the Trump administration seeks to increase gas exports to Europe

2:23 AM on Thursday, November 6

The United States is terminating South Sudan’s designation for temporary protected status, which for years allowed people from the East African country to remain in the U.S. legally and escape armed conflict back home

1:22 AM on Thursday, November 6

India's key, eastern state of Bihar is holding elections to choose a new government

12:02 AM on Thursday, November 6

Movement has slowed toward a deal to end the government shutdown after election wins for Democrats

11:36 PM on Wednesday, November 5

The Washington D.C. National Guard will be deployed to the nation’s capital through the end of February, according to formal orders reviewed by The Associated Press

11:21 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Led by Gabe Newhof's 20 points, the James Madison Dukes defeated the Washington & Lee Generals 70-56 on Wednesday

8:59 PM on Wednesday, November 5

A former South Carolina state lawmaker has been indicted on federal charges, accused of defrauding his legal clients of hundreds of thousands of dollars

7:29 PM on Wednesday, November 5

North Korea has denounced the Trump administration’s latest sanctions targeting cybercrimes that help finance its illicit nuclear weapons program, accusing the United States of harboring “wicked” hostility toward Pyongyang and vowing unspecified countermeasures

7:03 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Within hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, there were swift and harsh reactions from his Jewish critics

6:09 PM on Wednesday, November 5

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97

6:07 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles and drove off with his car, which had his one-year-old daughter inside

5:17 PM on Wednesday, November 5

President Donald Trump has warned that the Supreme Court will leave the United States “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status’’ if it strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth

2:40 PM on Wednesday, November 5

Witnesses say a Chicago day care employee was detained at work during a drop-off time for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics

11:12 AM on Wednesday, November 5

A federal judge has ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce materials from the investigation, saying he’s concerned the Justice Department’s position had been to “indict first" and investigate second

9:39 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says the harassment she suffered from a drunk man near the government seat is an assault on all women

8:32 AM on Wednesday, November 5

A day after Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the president is in Miami to speak at a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements

4:25 AM on Wednesday, November 5

Japan has deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture of Akita

12:05 AM on Wednesday, November 5

A federal judge has ordered improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after detainees sued over "inhumane" conditions