Politics & Government News

5:24 PM on Monday, September 29

Palestinian government welcomes Trump's plan to end the Israel-Hamas war, vows to make reforms demanded by US

5:21 PM on Monday, September 29

New rules that limit the access of journalists in the Pentagon and appear to condition entry into the building on agreement to restrictions have led to a standoff between the press and the Trump administration's defense department

5:17 PM on Monday, September 29

The Marine Corps is now touting that it hit its recruiting goals this year

4:50 PM on Monday, September 29

The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration growing federal intervention across U.S. cities

4:41 PM on Monday, September 29

A new lawsuit filed in Connecticut accuses a firearms industry group of secretly building a database containing the personal information of millions of gun owners and using the data to target gun rights supporters with political ads

4:39 PM on Monday, September 29

The race to be the next mayor of New York City is down to three main candidates after incumbent Eric Adams dropped his reelection bid over the weekend

4:37 PM on Monday, September 29

World leaders have spent the past week at the United Nations often criticizing the U.N. itself

4:28 PM on Monday, September 29

President Donald Trump buoyed the revival of a years-old conspiracy theory over the weekend, claiming that 50 pages of alleged FBI documents recently made public prove that 274 FBI agents at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were there to incite the attack

4:18 PM on Monday, September 29

Colombia's foreign minister has renounced her U.S. visa to protest the U.S. State Department's decision to revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visa

3:42 PM on Monday, September 29

The White House has released President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

3:25 PM on Monday, September 29

Dozens of progressive nonprofits condemned President Donald Trump’s general attacks on his political opponents and a specific report of a potential investigation into billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy

3:05 PM on Monday, September 29

Officials say gunfire has erupted during a peace rally in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing at least one person and wounding nearly two dozen others

2:22 PM on Monday, September 29

The Trump administration said it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants

1:53 PM on Monday, September 29

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has fired the prime minister and the rest of his government in response to days of deadly protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies

12:26 PM on Monday, September 29

U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to outline the key question of how the territory will be ruled after the war

8:07 AM on Monday, September 29

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown

2:20 AM on Monday, September 29

Moldovans have given the pro-Western governing party a clear parliamentary majority in a recent election

12:53 AM on Monday, September 29

Fallout from the 2020 presidential election feels like it may never end in Georgia

12:06 AM on Monday, September 29

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they’ve agreed to a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept terms

12:02 AM on Monday, September 29

Democratic congressional leaders have left a White House meeting saying there are still large differences with President Donald Trump and Republicans in their positions to avoid a government shutdown