Politics & Government News

9:11 AM on Monday, August 24

Officials say Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet Oarty won a landslide victory in the Central Asian country’s parliamentary elections

9:02 AM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. is reopening a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices

8:32 AM on Monday, August 24

President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on scores of Canadian imports kicked in Saturday

8:09 AM on Monday, August 24

U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs

7:54 AM on Monday, August 24

Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22

7:30 AM on Monday, August 24

South Carolina Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the fall general election ballot

7:02 AM on Monday, August 24

Oklahoma Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to settle an expensive nomination fight for governor, while Democrats will pick a nominee for U.S. Senate

7:00 AM on Monday, August 24

Democrat Christina Bohannan is making a third attempt to win a congressional seat in Iowa's 1st District

3:52 AM on Monday, August 24

An amnesty for political offenses committed in Thailand over the past two decades has taken effect

3:15 AM on Monday, August 24

European leaders have joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv for the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day

2:23 AM on Monday, August 24

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a bill that would ban children younger than 16 from using social media

2:15 AM on Monday, August 24

2:13 AM on Monday, August 24

Lawmakers from Japan have traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials in the first visit since tensions rose after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comment on Taiwan angered China

12:11 AM on Monday, August 24

Icelanders are voting Saturday on whether to restart talks about joining the European Union

7:40 PM on Sunday, August 23

President Donald Trump plans to visit Ireland next month

4:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities

3:03 PM on Sunday, August 23

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey has clarified his comments on Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights

5:23 AM on Sunday, August 23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says actions by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov were misguided

3:47 PM on Saturday, August 22

A boat carrying migrants has capsized off southern Tunisia, and at least two people have died and around 12 are missing

10:59 AM on Monday, August 10