Politics & Government News

8:01 AM on Friday, July 17

Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and unsuccessfully tried to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race

6:09 AM on Friday, July 17

The Philippine government has strongly protested a Chinese state-owned media video apparently depicting Filipinos as monkeys

4:49 AM on Friday, July 17

China says it has never interfered in U.S. elections and has no interest in doing so

4:27 AM on Friday, July 17

Andy Burnham has been officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week

3:49 AM on Friday, July 17

Australia’s government and the families of two teenagers who died from methanol poisoning in Laos are criticizing the charges expected against those accused of being responsible

3:15 AM on Friday, July 17

Japan on Friday enacted a controversial new law prohibiting desecration of the national flag, a key right-wing agenda pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

2:32 AM on Friday, July 17

Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days

1:04 AM on Friday, July 17

Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security’s vetting and training of immigration enforcement officers

Friday, July 17

Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer

11:44 PM on Thursday, July 16

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11:29 PM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump said in a speech to the nation that he's using federal power to secure elections from being “stolen.”

8:40 PM on Thursday, July 16

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers

8:02 PM on Thursday, July 16

Japan’s Parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can become emperor

6:49 PM on Thursday, July 16

The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man fatally shot by a federal immigration agent in Houston, is holding a public vigil for him

5:51 PM on Thursday, July 16

The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years

2:39 PM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases

1:41 PM on Thursday, July 16

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has met with accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the demand of a Republican senator whose support is crucial to his nomination to lead the Justice Department

8:26 AM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump addressed the nation on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden

12:08 AM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump has used a primetime address to question the legitimacy of U.S. elections and push for more restrictive voting laws

2:50 PM on Monday, June 29