Politics & Government News

1:36 AM on Tuesday, September 15

A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines has held its first elections for a regional parliament following years of delays, moving it closer to self-rule after decades of insurgency and violence

1:19 AM on Tuesday, September 15

Thailand and Cambodia started talks Tuesday to resolve a sea border dispute under a U.N. maritime law agreement

10:59 PM on Monday, September 14

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting by imposing new Postal Service regulations for the midterm elections

7:36 PM on Monday, September 14

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections

6:46 PM on Monday, September 14

A U.S. government watchdog has released its first report on the impact of the Iran war

6:37 PM on Monday, September 14

A whistleblower claims a Trump administration effort to find noncitizen voters may violate state laws

6:02 PM on Monday, September 14

President Donald Trump has nominated the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

5:57 PM on Monday, September 14

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has returned to the Senate after a long absence

5:25 PM on Monday, September 14

Detainees at a now-closed immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades — known as “Alligator Alcatraz” — were held for up to two hours in small metal enclosures used as “calming areas.”

3:27 PM on Monday, September 14

Proponents of the Protect College Sports Act are pushing to pass the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks

2:16 PM on Monday, September 14

University students behind nearly two years of anti-government protests in Serbia have formally entered an election race before an early parliamentary vote next month challenging populist President Aleksandar Vucic

2:15 PM on Monday, September 14

Democratic-led states and cities are challenging a federal rule they say gives President Donald Trump’s administration broad discretion to deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps and other public benefits

1:27 PM on Monday, September 14

Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin

11:42 AM on Monday, September 14

A lawyer for former CIA Director John Brennan says Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify next month before a Florida grand jury as part of a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump

10:14 AM on Monday, September 14

President Donald Trump says he is a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “SICK conspiracy.”

8:32 AM on Monday, September 14

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms

7:35 AM on Monday, September 14

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian territory if allies secure a Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine’s infrastructure

6:08 AM on Monday, September 14

Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea

12:24 AM on Monday, September 14

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is courting some of the world’s biggest investors as he tries to reduce Canada’s economic dependence on the United States

12:01 AM on Monday, September 14

To help get a sweeping cryptocurrency bill across the line, President Donald Trump has agreed to new ethics provisions