Politics & Government News

12:42 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Gabon’s president's party has won the most seats in the first round of the country’s legislative elections

12:36 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. government is nearing a partial shutdown, with a range of effects on public services and the broader economy

12:16 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has led her country toward European Union integration

12:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota, its two largest cities, and a county over sanctuary policies

12:00 PM on Tuesday, September 30

11:50 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Rep. David Schweikert is joining an already crowded field in the GOP primary for Arizona governor

11:47 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Serbia has arrested 11 people suspected of spreading racial hatred in Europe under instructions from a foreign intelligence service

11:39 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons

11:18 AM on Tuesday, September 30

After facing months of genocide accusations, pariah status and global pressure to halt the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed on a ceasefire proposal with President Donald Trump

10:57 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Georgia state Sen. Greg Dolezal has entered the race for lieutenant governor with a campaign focused on hard-line MAGA principles

10:44 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Florida officials have agreed to set aside nearly three acres of prime real estate in downtown Miami for the future presidential library of President Donald Trump

10:11 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Lawyers for the Des Moines public schools leader detained by immigration authorities have asked a court to put deportation proceedings on hold

9:18 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Although the military is designed to handle foreign threats, President Donald Trump emphasized his vision of using it for domestic purposes

9:05 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Local hospitals report at least 31 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip

8:36 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died

2:56 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Hamas says it will study U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza both within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding

12:12 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth has died at the age of 82

12:09 AM on Tuesday, September 30

President Donald Trump has revealed that he wants to use American cities as training grounds for the armed forces

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gas accused hard-right politician Nigel Farage of crossing “a moral line” with his anti-immigtration stance

12:01 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans are trying to “bully” Democrats by refusing to negotiate as a standoff over health care and spending threatens to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years