Politics & Government News

6:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks

5:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Czechs are voting in a an election that could shift the country's stance on Ukraine

4:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Ivan Klima, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died

4:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's army says it is preparing for the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and return hostages

2:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

2:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

The streets of Damascus show little sign a parliamentary election is set to take place

1:56 AM on Saturday, October 4

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

1:24 AM on Saturday, October 4

Hungary remains firm in maintaining its supplies of Russian oil and gas, even as the European Union accelerates efforts to cut Russian energy imports

12:09 AM on Saturday, October 4

Maldives police have arrested eight people during an overnight public protest accusing the government of corruption and curtailment of basic freedoms

12:03 AM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024

12:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is convening Saturday for its twice-annual general conference at a pivotal moment in its history

12:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 4

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 4

A Tennessee special election to replace a Republican congressman who stepped aside this summer has attracted crowded primaries for both major parties

9:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

9:37 PM on Friday, October 3

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts

2:57 PM on Friday, October 3

North Carolina’s Democratic governor has signed into law a criminal justice measure pushed by the Republican-controlled legislature in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train

10:23 AM on Friday, October 3

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack

7:46 AM on Friday, October 3

Hamas responded Friday to President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, agreeing to give up power and release all remaining hostages, but the group said that other elements require further consultations among Palestinians

12:10 PM on Friday, September 5