Politics & Government News

7:46 PM on Sunday, September 28

Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities

5:31 PM on Sunday, September 28

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a new congressional map into law that gives Republicans an improved shot at winning an additional U.S. House seat

5:26 PM on Sunday, September 28

Missouri governor signs Trump-backed redistricting plan aimed at gaining another Republican seat in Congress

2:01 PM on Sunday, September 28

Polls close in Moldova’s closely-watched election fraught with Russian interference claims

1:24 PM on Sunday, September 28

New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign

1:02 PM on Sunday, September 28

The Taliban have freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison

1:01 PM on Sunday, September 28

Armed federal agents are patrolling Chicago’s downtown streets and President Donald Trump has called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon

12:37 PM on Sunday, September 28

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even as both sides have agreed to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday

12:19 PM on Sunday, September 28

Global Citizen surpassed its fundraising goals at its annual music festival in New York’s Central Park

11:32 AM on Sunday, September 28

President Donald Trump will be speaking at a hastily called meeting of top military leaders

9:47 AM on Sunday, September 28

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders

9:22 AM on Sunday, September 28

Regardless of political perspective, no one could argue that the presidency of Donald Trump — and his second term so far in particular — has been anything less than consequential

9:09 AM on Sunday, September 28

Some mothers of autistic children say President Donald Trump was blaming moms when he suggested taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism

8:35 AM on Sunday, September 28

French authorities have announced the discovery of a body on a beach used by migrants attempting to cross from northern France to the U.K. on flimsy boats

8:26 AM on Sunday, September 28

Denmark's defense ministry has reported again observing drones at several military locations overnight

5:52 AM on Sunday, September 28

On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is working on a new ceasefire plan with the White House, but details are still being sorted out

1:55 AM on Sunday, September 28

Iran faces renewed UN sanctions over its nuclear program, escalating tensions with the West

12:06 AM on Sunday, September 28

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has taken a decisive lead to win a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims

12:06 AM on Sunday, September 28

Keir Starmer is facing challenges within his party less than 15 months after becoming Britain's prime minister

11:48 PM on Saturday, September 27

Democratic women have made gains in state legislatures and are now nearly equal in number to Democratic men in state legislatures since 2016, according to the The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University