Politics & Government News

10:12 PM on Thursday, October 9

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

8:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later

7:31 PM on Thursday, October 9

New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes

6:11 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump and his administration have described Portland, Oregon, as a city under siege by antifa, labeling it a war zone

5:38 PM on Thursday, October 9

Cindy McCain has suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering well

4:53 PM on Thursday, October 9

Youth-led protesters in Morocco returned to the streets on Thursday to flex their strength a day before King Mohammed VI is expected to address their grievances in an annual speech at parliament

4:25 PM on Thursday, October 9

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

4:19 PM on Thursday, October 9

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

3:18 PM on Thursday, October 9

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C., have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall

1:33 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done

12:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Ecuador faces intense unrest as striking bus drivers and farmers protest the government's diesel price hike

11:36 AM on Thursday, October 9

After months of gridlock in the Middle East, there was a turning point in talks on the Israel-Hamas conflict

11:02 AM on Thursday, October 9

Gunfire has erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince after Haiti’s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs

10:04 AM on Thursday, October 9

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages

9:39 AM on Thursday, October 9

About 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo

5:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

4:06 AM on Thursday, October 9

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger have faced off on the debate stage in Virginia’s high-stakes governor's race

10:44 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois

4:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

1:50 PM on Monday, September 29

National Guard troops won’t be allowed to patrol the streets of Chicago for two weeks