Politics & Government News

4:20 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists begin leaving Pentagon after refusing to sign Trump administration agreements on rules of access

3:37 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The African Union condemns the coup in Madagascar and announces the country's suspension from the bloc

3:26 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe

3:02 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The USDA has rejected the Texas agricultural department's plan to use a fly trap to prevent the New World Screwworm from moving north from Mexico and infecting Texas cattle with its larvae

2:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

2:33 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown

2:11 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Indonesia’s top defense official says that Jakarta will acquire at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets, marking the country’s first non-Western aircraft purchase deal

2:10 PM on Wednesday, October 15

2:05 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked key parts of Texas’ new law limiting expression on campuses

12:47 PM on Wednesday, October 15

France could face a deeper political crisis as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces two no-confidence votes in parliament

12:46 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities

12:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported

11:54 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come

7:14 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A Ukrainian government delegation has met with major American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit

7:12 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal workers furloughed or working without pay are feeling the financial squeeze and fear being swept up in the Trump administration's layoffs

6:49 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The leader of Madagascar's military coup says he is “taking the position of president” and that the armed forces will remain in charge of the sprawling African island nation for up to two years before elections are held

6:05 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The campaign of U.S. Sen. Edward Markey says he is focused on the government shutdown in response to the announcement that Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton would run for his seat next year

4:10 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The United Nations' food aid agency has warned that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries

12:11 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase

12:01 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century