Politics & Government News

12:30 PM on Friday, September 26

Cuba announces the death of Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black Liberation Army militant sought by US since 1979

12:22 PM on Friday, September 26

Minnesota is grappling with a political deadlock over gun control after a church shooting in August left two children dead and 21 injured

12:16 PM on Friday, September 26

This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist

11:59 AM on Friday, September 26

Chinese authorities have detained Zhang Yadi, a 22-year-old student, on suspicion of inciting separatism

11:49 AM on Friday, September 26

After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her homeland was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence has ignited bitter racial and political rhetoric about crime victims and perpetrators in America

11:42 AM on Friday, September 26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of turning to props and visual aids in his speeches to the U.N. But even by the Israeli leader’s elevated standards of showmanship, this year’s address took things to a new level

10:52 AM on Friday, September 26

The many conferences on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders offer a unique forum for companies and philanthropies to help shape an uncertain future

10:00 AM on Friday, September 26

9:42 AM on Friday, September 26

Netanyahu, at UN General Assembly, calls countries' recognition of Palestinian state 'shameful'

9:16 AM on Friday, September 26

Belarus has unveiled proposals to build a second nuclear power plant capable of supplying energy to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine

9:08 AM on Friday, September 26

Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak

8:47 AM on Friday, September 26

Slovakia's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment recognizing only two sexes, male and female

8:31 AM on Friday, September 26

7:00 AM on Friday, September 26

6:34 AM on Friday, September 26

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rejecting Democratic demands on health care as unserious but says a government shutdown is still “avoidable.”

5:22 AM on Friday, September 26

The UK government has announced that British citizens and permanent residents must have a digital ID card to work

5:02 AM on Friday, September 26

European defense ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace

12:06 AM on Friday, September 26

Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine

9:03 PM on Thursday, September 25

Former FBI Director James Comey might not be the only critic of President Donald Trump to face charges

11:59 AM on Tuesday, September 23