Politics & Government News

1:20 PM on Sunday, October 12

Vice President JD Vance is warning of deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on

11:29 AM on Sunday, October 12

A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers

9:24 AM on Sunday, October 12

His health declined at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington

8:41 AM on Sunday, October 12

Voters in Portugal have cast ballots in local elections, focusing on the mayoral race in Lisbon

8:27 AM on Sunday, October 12

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter

8:24 AM on Sunday, October 12

The president of Madagascar says an attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island country, a day after soldiers joined anti-government demonstrations

8:19 AM on Sunday, October 12

An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country's president says

8:12 AM on Sunday, October 12

A ceasefire in the war in Gaza is holding for the third day as aid agencies work to rush in more desperately needed aid into the besieged territory under the truce deal

8:01 AM on Sunday, October 12

Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress

7:44 AM on Sunday, October 12

President Donald Trump is setting off for Israel and Egypt to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas

7:03 AM on Sunday, October 12

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago

4:03 AM on Sunday, October 12

Kosovo is holding municipal elections on Sunday, with the left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje

3:17 AM on Sunday, October 12

Cameroon has voted in an election that could extend Africa’s oldest leader’s rule by another seven years

12:29 AM on Sunday, October 12

President Donald Trump says China should take a less confrontational approach to his threatened new tariffs, but he's not retreating from his demands

11:15 PM on Saturday, October 11

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on the trading route to China

10:46 PM on Saturday, October 11

Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace

1:28 AM on Saturday, October 11

Official results show that opposition leader Patrick Herminie has won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in Saturday’s runoff vote

2:58 PM on Friday, October 10

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4:57 PM on Sunday, September 14