Politics & Government News

4:08 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A German man who worked for a far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been convicted of spying for China

4:01 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Former aide to German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament is convicted of spying for China

2:56 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Hamas says it will study U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza both within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding

1:32 AM on Tuesday, September 30

An appeals court in Thailand has upheld a two-year prison sentence for a lawmaker from the progressive People’s Party for defaming the monarchy in a speech she made four years ago

1:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans and other cities, saying his state needs help fighting crime and praising President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops to Washington and Memphis

12:14 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Turning Point USA's college tour is returning to Utah for the first time since founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated earlier this month

12:12 AM on Tuesday, September 30

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

12:09 AM on Tuesday, September 30

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are planning to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person at a base in Virginia

12:06 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Transgender women in Paraguay often flee their homes at a young age to escape abuse, stigma and the absence of legal protections, turning to sex work and migration to survive

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Washington is just hours away from yet another federal government shutdown

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say Britain faces a stark choice between decency and division in a speech to the governing Labour Party

12:02 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The Utah university where Charlie Kirk was assassinated lacked several key public safety measures and practices that are standard security for events around the country

12:01 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A partisan standoff over heath care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years

9:58 PM on Monday, September 29

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

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

4:18 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

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

2:20 AM on Monday, September 29

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

12:48 AM on Monday, September 29

Nathan Law, a self-exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, says he was denied entry to Singapore over suspected political reasons