Politics & Government News

1:33 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Dijana Hrka’s world fell apart on Nov. 1 last year, when tons of concrete crushed her son to death at a train station in Serbia

12:20 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Dutch voters are heading to the polls in a closely contested general election

12:14 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is running for reelection against three lesser-known candidates, arguing that the city has seen major improvements during his first term in office

12:13 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years

12:13 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Polling stations across Tanzania have opened for an election marked by concerns from human rights organizations and the detention of opposition members

12:08 AM on Wednesday, October 29

The nation’s biggest city will pick its next mayor on Tuesday in an election that has sparked debate over the future of the Democratic Party

12:07 AM on Wednesday, October 29

California voters head to the polls on Tuesday with just one yes-or-no question on the ballot

12:04 AM on Wednesday, October 29

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is set to begin Wednesday

12:01 AM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea

11:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28

South Korea is hosting leaders from major Pacific Rim economies, including the U.S., China, and Japan, for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

8:55 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge has ruled acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California is serving in the role unlawfully

8:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump continues his trip throughout Asia

5:29 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he cannot run for a third term, citing constitutional limits, despite his interest in staying in the White House

5:01 PM on Tuesday, October 28

After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive

8:28 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in the 174 years since records began

5:17 AM on Tuesday, October 28

The Dutch election for all 150 seats in the lower Second Chamber of parliament is forecast to be a close race between Geert Wilders' populist Party for Freedom and the center-left bloc of the Labor Party and Green Left

4:04 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Pakistan's information minister says peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed after four days of negotiations

12:20 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage

10:36 PM on Monday, October 27

China has signed an expanded free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

7:13 AM on Sunday, October 26

Dutch voters face an array of choices in Wednesday's general election