Politics & Government News

9:09 PM on Tuesday, September 23

A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince

9:05 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Jon Husted planned to run for Ohio governor next year

8:45 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Jimmy Kimmel, nearly breaking down, says it was 'never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man'

8:08 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election to U.S. House in Arizona's 7th Congressional District

7:57 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year

7:06 PM on Tuesday, September 23

President Donald Trump used an inoperable escalator and a defective teleprompter at the United Nations to paint the global body as dysfunctional

6:22 PM on Tuesday, September 23

South Korea has long banned tattooing by anyone without a medical license

6:20 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a criminal investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump and officials involved in recent deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean

6:01 PM on Tuesday, September 23

A senior U.S. Justice Department official has sent a letter to a lawyer for relatives of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, asking pointed questions about a retired FBI agent’s involvement in a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

3:04 PM on Tuesday, September 23

A former Tennessee House speaker has received a three-year prison sentence over a scheme with a onetime aide to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers after they left their top leadership roles due to scandals

2:51 PM on Tuesday, September 23

President Donald Trump's Tylenol and vaccine warnings have left some pregnant women angry and others with questions

2:49 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio

2:06 PM on Tuesday, September 23

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that the Stargate AI data center in Texas will be joined by five more across the U.S. This expansion is part of a $500 billion infrastructure investment promoted by President Donald Trump

1:51 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves has celebrated the failure of an effort to strip his immunity for alleged corruption

11:41 AM on Tuesday, September 23

Ryan Routh has been found guilty of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year

7:56 AM on Tuesday, September 23

Two former Philippine government engineers have told a televised inquiry that most flood control projects, road and other infrastructures they helped oversee in recent years in a province near the capital were substandard or overpriced to compensate for huge kickbacks given to congressmen and senators

2:50 AM on Tuesday, September 23

President Donald Trump says he believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia

9:13 PM on Monday, September 22

A GOP business owner has won a Georgia state Senate race over a Democrat who drew national attention for a better-than-expected showing in a special election last month

9:02 PM on Monday, September 22

President Donald Trump has returned to the United Nations to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution

8:01 PM on Monday, September 22

Southern Chinese cities have closed schools, businesses and airports as they brace for one of the strongest typhoons in years