Politics & Government News

6:50 AM on Saturday, October 4

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

6:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks

4:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Ivan Klima, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died

2:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

The streets of Damascus show little sign a parliamentary election is set to take place

1:56 AM on Saturday, October 4

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

1:24 AM on Saturday, October 4

Hungary remains firm in maintaining its supplies of Russian oil and gas, even as the European Union accelerates efforts to cut Russian energy imports

12:09 AM on Saturday, October 4

Maldives police have arrested eight people during an overnight public protest accusing the government of corruption and curtailment of basic freedoms

12:03 AM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 4

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 4

A Tennessee special election to replace a Republican congressman who stepped aside this summer has attracted crowded primaries for both major parties

9:37 PM on Friday, October 3

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts

7:45 PM on Friday, October 3

The New York Jets have been accused in a lawsuit of firing a former vice president as part of their response to sexual misconduct allegations against team President Hymie Elhai

5:44 PM on Friday, October 3

A judge has announced that the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others will be dismissed in 14 days if a new prosecutor isn't appointed

3:18 PM on Friday, October 3

President Donald Trump has reversed $187 million in funding cuts for New York's law enforcement and counterterrorism operations

2:59 PM on Friday, October 3

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of President Donald Trump

2:57 PM on Friday, October 3

North Carolina’s Democratic governor has signed into law a criminal justice measure pushed by the Republican-controlled legislature in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train

10:23 AM on Friday, October 3

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack

7:46 AM on Friday, October 3

Hamas responded Friday to President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, agreeing to give up power and release all remaining hostages, but the group said that other elements require further consultations among Palestinians

7:35 AM on Friday, October 3

More than a dozen candidates are competing for their parties’ nominations Tuesday to fill a vacant Tennessee congressional seat in the closely divided U.S. House

1:06 AM on Friday, October 3

Grand Duke Guillaume has ascended to the throne of Luxembourg after swearing an oath in a traditional ceremony on Friday