Politics & Government News

7:01 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trump’s third nominee for surgeon general

6:35 AM on Wednesday, September 16

An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term

6:00 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Charlie Kirk’s family is blaming Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university

5:20 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa

5:05 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI

4:54 AM on Wednesday, September 16

India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat over a collision involving naval units from both countries in international waters

4:30 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year

4:25 AM on Wednesday, September 16

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots

4:03 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The European Union needs a NATO-like mechanism to better respond to drone incidents, acts of sabotage and cyberattacks across Europe, many of them blamed on Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday

3:59 AM on Wednesday, September 16

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed opening a path for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member

3:38 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Two German regional elections this weekend are expected to bring more gains for a far-right party and could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz can hold on to power and push ahead with economic reforms

3:36 AM on Wednesday, September 16

A Philippine lawmaker and former speaker of the House of Representatives is denying allegations he pocketed millions of dollars in kickbacks from flood control projects

3:03 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Hong Kong's leader has unveiled a five-year plan to broaden the city's identity beyond finance

2:59 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Candidates from two rival parties linked to a former rebel group have led the first elections in a predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines

12:14 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down

12:14 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Nearly 200 men who took part in the war in Ukraine are among the candidates for this week’s parliamentary election in Russia

11:16 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won, or about $32.5 million, for blowing up a joint liaison office between the countries in 2020

3:29 PM on Tuesday, September 15

5:01 AM on Tuesday, September 15

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is delivering a major state of the European Union speech on Wednesday

2:07 PM on Monday, August 31