Politics & Government News

6:30 AM on Tuesday, September 16

4:53 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A top World Food Program official says a string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the world’s neediest people are suffering from serious food shortages, and will face further reductions in assistance soon

3:32 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A U.N. commission reports that billions in public funds have been stolen in South Sudan over the past decade

2:21 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Authorities say that social media platforms should not require age verification for all users when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in December in Australia

12:02 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A San Francisco supervisor who pushed to turn a 2-mile stretch of highway into a car-free park faces a recall vote in his district

10:27 PM on Monday, September 15

Australia has offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrates its 50th independence anniversary

9:33 PM on Monday, September 15

The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades

9:30 PM on Monday, September 15

Trump administration adds Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time since 1990s

8:19 PM on Monday, September 15

An appeals court has ruled that Lisa Cook can remain a Federal Reserve governor, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove her just ahead of a key vote on interest rates

7:12 PM on Monday, September 15

Security at Charlie Kirk's speaking events and college campus debates around the country varied greatly

6:04 PM on Monday, September 15

Vice President JD Vance is jumping onto the conservative movement demanding consequences for those who have cheered Charlie Kirk’s killing, calling on the public to turn in anyone who says distasteful things about the assassination of his friend and political ally

5:17 PM on Monday, September 15

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has requested $13.5 billion more from Congress for Hurricane Helene recovery aid

4:14 PM on Monday, September 15

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel

3:49 PM on Monday, September 15

Ghana has become the latest African country to accept third-country nationals deported by the U.S. This controversial practice has raised legal concerns

1:41 PM on Monday, September 15

Vice President JD Vance says the national unity he's “desperate” for after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk cannot be had with people who condone political violence

10:58 AM on Monday, September 15

Lawyers for four of 14 West African men deported by the U.S. to Ghana say the men remain in Ghana and have not been sent to their home countries

8:34 AM on Monday, September 15

A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of TikTok

8:16 AM on Monday, September 15

The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel

5:52 AM on Monday, September 15

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned as dangerous comments by Elon Musk, who told an anti-immigration rally in London that violence is coming to Britain and urged people to fight back

2:46 AM on Monday, September 15

Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese compensation as violations of international law, after U.N. investigators criticized Tokyo for failing to ensure truth-findings and reparations for the victims