Politics & Government News

1:12 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Iranians have celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

12:37 AM on Tuesday, November 4

The government in Tanzania has warned people not to share photos and videos that may cause panic as the internet slowly returns after a six-day shutdown during deadly protests that began on election day

12:02 AM on Tuesday, November 4

A nail-biter national election in the Netherlands came down to postal votes from Dutch citizens living abroad, with the centrist D66 party eking out a win over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom according to a final tally by national news agency ANP

11:31 PM on Monday, November 3

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats

9:54 PM on Monday, November 3

Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of Singapore’s first prime minister, has condemned the government’s plan to designate his late father’s home as a national monument

9:22 PM on Monday, November 3

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats

9:17 PM on Monday, November 3

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor, as Zohran Mamdani faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a generational battle between Democrats while Republican Curtis Sliwa tries to land a massive upset

9:14 PM on Monday, November 3

New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state that has been reliably blue in recent years but has shown signs of shifting toward Republicans

9:08 PM on Monday, November 3

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces a challenge in Tuesday’s election from a democratic socialist

9:08 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more difficult

9:07 PM on Monday, November 3

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is facing Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia race for governor

9:07 PM on Monday, November 3

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns

9:04 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters are deciding if three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices get another term

9:01 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters head to polls Tuesday in America’s first major election day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House

8:57 PM on Monday, November 3

A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against the federal government by advocates who describe conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility as inhumane

7:38 PM on Monday, November 3

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for tripling government spending artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology in a budget speech to the legislature

7:33 PM on Monday, November 3

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he plans to take a “ringside seat” at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday

3:18 PM on Monday, November 3

Peru's government has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico over the asylum claim of former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez

2:45 PM on Monday, November 3

North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died at age 97

7:04 PM on Wednesday, October 15