Politics & Government News

4:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world, especially that of the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum seekers — even threatening its very existence

4:37 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Germany has warned Iran that it needs to take specific actions to avoid the return of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

4:29 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump’s call to redraw U.S. House districts before the 2026 elections has led to a wave of political maneuvering among state-level Republicans and Democrats

4:18 AM on Wednesday, September 17

King Charles III greets Donald Trump in Windsor, kicking off president’s second state visit to UK

4:06 AM on Wednesday, September 17

An immigration crackdown in Washington has taken a toll on children attending the district's schools

4:04 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” is joining Wisconsin’s open race for governor

4:01 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he’s running for governor in 2026

4:00 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to run for governor after tangling with Trump over 2020 voting

3:48 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The widow of Alexei Navalny says that two independent labs have found that her husband was poisoned shortly before his death in an Arctic penal colony in Russia

3:10 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, has launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky

2:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

U.S. President Donald Trump is in the United Kingdom for a two-day state visit that aims to show the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong, despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance

1:46 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Sikh community leaders are urging New Delhi to lift a ban recently imposed on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine of Guru Nanak, the founder of their faith

1:23 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The elderly leader of the Unification Church is the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife

10:52 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Hong Kong's leader has announced plans to accelerate the development of an economic hub near its border with mainland China

9:26 PM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump has vowed to do away with voting by mail, but some of his Republican allies in battleground Arizona are taking a more cautious approach

9:18 PM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital has led to federal charges against more than 50 people over the past month

9:06 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Britain's King Charles III has greeted Donald Trump in Windsor, kicking off the president’s second state visit to the U.K. The president’s Marine One helicopter landed in the private Walled Garden at the Windsor estate on Wednesday

9:02 PM on Tuesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is escalating threats against what he calls the "radical left" after the assassination of Charlie Kirk

6:36 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A South African court has denied former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's family's appeal to bury him in South Africa

10:11 AM on Monday, August 25