Politics & Government News

12:30 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Australia’s highest court has rejected Russia's challenge to a law that evicted it on security grounds from a site where a new embassy was under construction

12:07 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Indonesian and Australian leaders are close to signing a new bilateral defense treaty

8:25 PM on Tuesday, November 11

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered security forces to stop sharing intelligence with the United States until it stops striking suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean

6:51 PM on Tuesday, November 11

A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back

6:06 PM on Tuesday, November 11

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer led his caucus and the country into a record-breaking government shutdown and voted against reopening when some of his members defected

6:04 PM on Tuesday, November 11

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, with the shutdown potentially near an end

4:23 PM on Tuesday, November 11

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is criticizing the United States for missing key United Nations climate talks, calling it doubling down on stupid

3:30 PM on Tuesday, November 11

President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage

2:52 PM on Tuesday, November 11

British political commentator Sami Hamdi plans to leave the U.S. after spending over two weeks in immigration detention

2:05 PM on Tuesday, November 11

A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy barring transgender officers from performing security pat-downs

12:37 PM on Tuesday, November 11

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning that eight senators' decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown shows they aren't alarmed enough about President Donald Trump's impact on political norms

11:54 AM on Tuesday, November 11

U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to bring a billion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC has cast a shadow over the British broadcaster’s future, but it could also be a bluff with little legal merit

11:03 AM on Tuesday, November 11

Tech advocacy group Public Citizen has demanded OpenAI withdraw Sora 2, citing safety concerns and threats to democracy from the AI video generator

8:46 AM on Tuesday, November 11

Nearly 20 years ago, Graham Platner drunkenly got a tattoo while on leave with fellow Marines in Croatia

8:35 AM on Tuesday, November 11

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume

7:25 AM on Tuesday, November 11

The U.N. migration agency warns that humanitarian efforts in Sudan's North Darfur region might halt without immediate funding and safe delivery of relief supplies

7:06 AM on Tuesday, November 11

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies are converging on southern Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and traditional allies like Canada over defense spending and trade

12:07 AM on Tuesday, November 11

The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments

12:05 AM on Tuesday, November 11

Airlines have canceled over 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts late last week

6:31 PM on Monday, November 10

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy