Politics & Government News

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Three years after the federal government listed a tiny Nevada toad on the endangered species list, a geothermal company seeking to develop a renewable power project near the toad's only known habitat in Northern Nevada is suing the government to challenge the listing

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Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has asked the National Assembly to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity

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President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown

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The European Union has proposed cutting free-trade quotas on steel by 47%, adding significant tariffs on imports from countries like China, India, Turkey and the United Kingdom

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An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan’s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters for a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war

10:57 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Wisconsin's Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has decided not to run for governor and will instead seek reelection to a third term

10:51 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Russia has hosted a delegation of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government and warned against any foreign military presence in the country

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The European Parliament has lifted the immunity of two Polish lawmakers, allowing national prosecutors to pursue charges for alleged abuses of power

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Attorney General Pam Bondi goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning as federal agents surge into cities across the U.S. She's facing growing questions about political influence over a Justice Department that has already criminally charged one of President Donald Trump’s longtime foes and is facing intense White House pressure to prosecute others

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The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany has been found with serious stab wounds

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Syria's defense minister has announced a ceasefire after clashes between security forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo

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China's Premier Li Qiang plans to visit North Korea this week, marking the highest-level Chinese visit since 2019

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Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan