Politics & Government News

8:00 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The International Committee of the Red Cross says over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages due to fighting in the region and a lack of humanitarian funding

6:45 AM on Wednesday, October 8

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4:19 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The chief prosecutor for England and Wales says the trial of two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because the government refused to label China a national security threat

3:56 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The Israeli military has intercepted a nine-boat flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and detained scores of activists on board

12:07 AM on Wednesday, October 8

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

Wednesday, October 8

The Conservative Party once dominated British politics, but is struggling to remain a force after being ousted in 2024

9:35 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Aftyn Behn wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special primary election

8:40 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Matt Van Epps wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special primary election

7:01 PM on Tuesday, October 7

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday

6:23 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement

5:57 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The government of Argentina’s President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that it would extradite an Argentine businessman to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges in the United States

4:14 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Cameroon's 92-year-old president has held his first campaign rally for the election in which the world's oldest head of state is seeking his eighth term

11:07 AM on Tuesday, October 7

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois

10:33 AM on Tuesday, October 7

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House

5:13 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Peace talks between Israel and Hamas have resumed in Egypt

12:12 AM on Tuesday, October 7

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first

12:04 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly deflected questions while seeking to defend herself during a combative congressional hearing in the face of growing criticism that she's turning the law enforcement agency into a weapon to seek vengeance against President Donald Trump’s political opponents

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, has won a crowded Republican primary in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 7

President Donald Trump predicts that Canadians will travel to the United States once again after a trade deal is reached