Politics & Government News

6:08 AM on Thursday, August 27

The Iran war has reshaped the rapidly approaching midterm elections

3:57 AM on Thursday, August 27

A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash flooding in a border area of China and Nepal

3:22 AM on Thursday, August 27

Authorities say a driver has deliberately rammed a car into a group of people in northern France, killing two people and injuring nine others

2:12 AM on Thursday, August 27

China’s foreign minister says his country and the United States need to overcome obstacles between the nations ahead of an expected September summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

12:13 AM on Thursday, August 27

Michigan Democrats want to focus on President Donald Trump and the economy heading into November

12:09 AM on Thursday, August 27

When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially said he expected the war to last four to five weeks

12:04 AM on Thursday, August 27

Hours after Lindsey Graham's funeral last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers his country needed the Russia sanctions bill they were considering, as a morale booster in the long war

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 27

A federal judge will consider whether to free Andrew and Tristan Tate from a Miami detention center while they challenge extradition to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom

11:54 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been charged with failing to declare his assets

7:51 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza is criticizing Israel for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warning that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war

7:22 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook says the Trump administration has no legal basis to remove her from the central bank’s governing board

6:50 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Brazil’s government said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in a federal court against Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, seeking damages of 500 million reais (about $97 million) for the company’s alleged failure in protecting children online

6:06 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

6:05 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A former U.S. Marine arrested at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course had his criminal charges suspended

3:07 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament next month in a high-profile visit that underscores Canada’s push to deepen ties with Europe

1:55 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been seen on video cuddling a 3-month-old American pit bull terrier named Freya

1:37 PM on Wednesday, August 26

President Donald Trump says the United States doesn't need Canada

12:31 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A Maryland court has ruled that a redistricting amendment cannot go on the November ballot

8:30 AM on Wednesday, August 26

States controlled by Democrats have filed a new challenge to Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections

2:15 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is set to make a temporary stop in Thailand on its way home after an grueling deployment in the Middle East