Politics & Government News

3:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era, originally backed by her father, Henry Fonda

3:46 PM on Wednesday, October 1

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.N. Security Council's approval for the creation of a so-called gang suppression force in Haiti has been met with wary resignation in the small Caribbean state

2:56 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Thousands of demonstrators demanding subsidies on food, electricity and other services have clashed with police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

2:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Thousands have joined protest marches in several Serbian towns reflecting persistent resistance to autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic’s rule despite a government crackdown

2:38 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time, the outcome could be different

1:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America

1:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The federal government's shut down centers around Democrats insisting that any deal addressing their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can wait until the government is funded

12:57 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about two-thirds of National Park Service employees

12:36 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers

11:40 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Hundreds of migrants have embarked on a protest march in southern Mexico in support of an aim to legalize their immigration status and find more work opportunities after a long frustrating wait near the Guatemala border

10:40 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Trump’s administration is citing the government shutdown in explaining why it's holding up roughly $18 billion for a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey and an extension of the city’s Second Avenue subway

8:20 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A vote to end the government shutdown has failed as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to extend

8:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory

6:56 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church

6:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Anti-government demonstrations are gripping Morocco for a fifth straight night

5:47 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Israel’s defense minister has ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it is their “last opportunity.”

1:11 AM on Wednesday, October 1

12:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Republican Trump administration

12:12 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth has died at the age of 82