Politics & Government News

1:52 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Hong Kong's leader has announced plans to accelerate the development of an economic hub near its border with mainland China

12:26 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump has vowed to do away with voting by mail, but some of his Republican allies in battleground Arizona are taking a more cautious approach

12:18 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital has led to federal charges against more than 50 people over the past month

10:50 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been unable to clinch a defense treaty with Papua New Guinea a week after he failed to land a security pact with another South Pacific island neighbor, Vanuatu

10:14 PM on Tuesday, September 16

A member of New York City’s Chinese dissident community has pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party

10:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

10:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Former CDC director Susan Monarez will accuse Robert F

9:35 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Democrat Xp Lee wins Minnesota House special election to fill assassinated legislator’s seat and preserve tie in chamber

9:29 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The leader of the Unification Church has been questioned by investigators over allegations that the church bribed the wife of South Korea's jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him in an effort to secure business favors

8:00 PM on Tuesday, September 16

7:53 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Justice Department says it has sued Oregon and Maine for failing to provide their voter registration lists

6:35 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become the first female leader to preside over the country’s independence celebrations in 215 years

3:24 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Political violence has rocked the U.S. multiple times in recent months, culminating with the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university

1:10 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Charlie Kirk's mastery of social media was key to his becoming a force in conservative politics

9:36 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A South African court has denied former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's family's appeal to bury him in South Africa

8:37 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel has clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing

12:32 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Malawi has begun counting votes in a presidential election that's expected to be a tight race between old rivals and could go to a runoff

12:08 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated

12:06 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel is defending his record and pushing back on criticism that he has politicized law enforcement

12:02 AM on Tuesday, September 16

The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been charged with aggravated murder