Politics & Government News

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

12:47 PM on Monday, October 13

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history

12:26 PM on Monday, October 13

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation aimed at protecting children from the potential dangers of AI chatbots

12:25 PM on Monday, October 13

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

12:22 PM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state

12:07 PM on Monday, October 13

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

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

10:19 AM on Monday, October 13

The death toll from last week’s torrential rains in east-central Mexico has jumped to 64

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

7:04 AM on Monday, October 13

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly left the country amid an apparent coup

2:29 AM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump is calling for a new era of harmony in the Middle East

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

12:06 AM on Monday, October 13

The Egyptian president says U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace proposal represents the “last chance” for peace in the region

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

10:01 PM on Sunday, October 12

Israel and Hamas have taken a significant step in the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza war by releasing hostages and prisoners

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