Politics & Government News

12:05 AM on Thursday, September 25

What exactly motivated a shooter who authorities say opened fire from a roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas remains unclear

12:05 AM on Thursday, September 25

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has enlisted help from a key ally, Sen. Rand Paul, as he tries to fend off President Donald Trump’s threats to oust him from Congress

12:02 AM on Thursday, September 25

President Donald Trump plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday

11:54 PM on Wednesday, September 24

President Donald Trump has created a task force to fight crime in Memphis

10:45 PM on Wednesday, September 24

10:09 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week

10:00 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Brazil’s president said he was as surprised as U.S. President Donald Trump when they met by chance and “there was some chemistry,” given the deteriorating relations between the two largest economies in the Americas

9:00 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Former President Bill Clinton opened the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting by raising his concerns about rising political violence and other issues

8:24 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment as soon as Thursday against former FBI Director James Comey on allegations that he lied to Congress as prosecutors approach a legal deadline for bringing charges

6:53 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The exiled head of Belarus’ opposition told The Associated Press that she thinks the country's iron-fisted leader Alexander Lukashenko wants to fool U.S. President Donald Trump using gestures like prisoner releases

6:34 PM on Wednesday, September 24

President Donald Trump said on his social media site that he was the victim of “three very sinister events” during his time at the United Nations on Tuesday and that the Secret Service will be looking into the issues

1:22 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the first time any Syrian president has done so in almost 60 years

1:05 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is skipping this week's U.N. General Assembly, with Premier Li Qiang speaking instead

10:36 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but not everywhere

9:58 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history."

8:18 AM on Wednesday, September 24

A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas, killing one detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life

7:36 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of Malawi’s election

6:59 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Ukrainians have reacted cautiously to U.S. President Donald Trump's unexpected shift in stance on their war with Russia

3:11 AM on Wednesday, September 24

China has announced it will no longer seek special treatment as a developing country in World Trade Organization agreements

10:29 AM on Tuesday, September 23

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to late-night TV after a suspension over comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk