Politics & Government News

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A conference on Tibetan studies in Nepal has been canceled at the request of government officials

4:38 AM on Thursday, August 6

Nigeria's president says security forces have rescued at least 300 people abducted in the country's north

12:01 AM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump is hosting an IndyCar street race in Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations

11:56 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The leader of Myanmar's military-backed government has arrived in Thailand on an official visit

9:21 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The United States says it has suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a “threat to U_S_ interests."

7:38 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A Texas judge has struck down the National Firearms Act to knock regulations on firearm suppressors and some guns

6:50 PM on Wednesday, August 5

6:29 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio is resisting pressure to exit his reelection campaign for Congress, even as anxiety over his electability is growing within his own party

5:35 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law

5:23 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary

4:30 PM on Wednesday, August 5

1:14 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The state of New Mexico has sued the Department of Justice and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying the federal government has blocked it from carrying out its own investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes

1:03 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home

11:52 AM on Wednesday, August 5

It's not clear why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport in an apparent violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near that busy Washington D.C. airport

10:50 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Pakistan’s ruling party has taken a commanding lead in elections for the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after results from the first two phases of voting were announced, officials said

10:46 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return from exile in India in December despite facing a death sentence in Bangladesh

9:43 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state

8:59 AM on Wednesday, August 5

President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war

7:09 AM on Wednesday, August 5

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops