Politics & Government News

6:38 AM on Saturday, September 27

Russia gets the microphone at the U.N. world leaders’ meeting Saturday

6:27 AM on Saturday, September 27

Tensions between the United States and Colombia have escalated with the State Department saying it was revoking the visa of Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro's visa

5:56 AM on Saturday, September 27

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens

5:51 AM on Saturday, September 27

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

2:44 AM on Saturday, September 27

French authorities report that two women have died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K. on a makeshift boat carrying other migrants

1:22 AM on Saturday, September 27

Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least 44 people across Gaza, according to health officials

10:24 PM on Friday, September 26

Moldovans will head to the polls to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election fraught with claims of Russian interference

10:02 PM on Friday, September 26

People in Iran increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about the future ahead of the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program

9:48 PM on Friday, September 26

The people of Seychelles are voting in an election to choose a new leader and parliament

9:08 PM on Friday, September 26

Former FBI director James Comey has been charged with lying to Congress, Jimmy Kimmel is back on air after his suspension over his Charlie Kirk remarks, and world leaders speak at the U.N. These are the week's top stories

9:02 PM on Friday, September 26

As Congress confronts a possible government shutdown, it's also weighing the Trump administration's willingness to simply halt federal spending — even when it's against the law

9:01 PM on Friday, September 26

American soybean farmers are worried about where they're going to sell their crops and whether they'll lose money this year because China hasn't bought any for months

7:29 PM on Friday, September 26

South Korea’s top diplomat says his boss has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula

5:18 PM on Friday, September 26

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

3:18 PM on Friday, September 26

President Donald Trump is planning big tariffs on pharmaceuticals, kitchen counters, bathroom vanities, upholstered furniture and heavy trucks

9:14 AM on Friday, September 26

The U.N. Security Council on has rejected a last-ditch effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

9:05 PM on Thursday, September 25

Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza

2:09 AM on Monday, September 22

A 30-day window to stop the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran closes Sunday

2:04 AM on Monday, September 22

United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program will be reimposed Sunday

9:06 AM on Friday, August 29