Politics & Government News

3:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, according to Democratic Gov_ JB Pritzker, who called the move “absolutely outrageous and un-American.”

3:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump administration gave 'ultimatum' and plans to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

1:46 PM on Saturday, October 4

Georgia's police have used water cannons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace

12:50 PM on Saturday, October 4

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

11:35 AM on Saturday, October 4

Mysterious drone flights over the airspace of European Union member countries in recent weeks have alarmed the public and elected officials

10:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

9:42 AM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

8:57 AM on Saturday, October 4

Pakistani authorities have reached a peace agreement with a civil rights alliance, ending days of violent protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

8:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president in a political comeback at the age of 85

8:21 AM on Saturday, October 4

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change

8:19 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

8:10 AM on Saturday, October 4

Now it's five federal courts that have rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for the children of people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

7:40 AM on Saturday, October 4

A monumental Supreme Court term is set to begin with major tests of presidential power on the agenda

5:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš has won a parliamentary election, marking a political comeback

4:33 AM on Saturday, October 4

Israel's prime minister says he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as indirect talks with Hamas continue on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war

2:38 AM on Saturday, October 4

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

12:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk

9:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

4:41 PM on Friday, October 3

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online in discussing the shutdown

10:52 PM on Sunday, September 28