Politics & Government News

1:13 AM on Wednesday, September 10

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza

1:09 AM on Wednesday, September 10

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to meet Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in Antwerp to discuss efforts to combat transnational drug smuggling

12:34 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Protesters have clashed with police in Paris, setting garbage bins on fire as the French government deployed 80,000 police for a nationwide protest

10:20 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Poland says that it and its NATO allies had shot down Russian drones that violated Polish airspace in what it called an “act of aggression” as Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine

9:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces an uncertain future

9:09 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepalese soldiers are guarding the streets of the country's capital and ordering people to stay at home as they try to restore order after protesters stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked politicians

9:06 PM on Tuesday, September 9

The dismissal of fraud charges against 15 Michigan Republicans is the latest and most dramatic setback in the cases against the fake electors who were part of President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election

9:06 PM on Tuesday, September 9

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is set to make her first appearance in federal court to face conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges tied to what prosecutors have described as a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard as the two traveled, wined and dined together on taxpayers’ dime

9:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a dilemma over the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades

9:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Does Florida’s Everglades National Park represent a slight to development in America

8:02 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal judge who ruled last week that the Trump administration broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area says he will not immediately consider a request to bar the ongoing use of 300 Guard troops

7:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

South Korean media reports a charter plane has left for the U.S. to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia

7:06 PM on Tuesday, September 9

A federal court has ruled that embattled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can remain in her position while she fights President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire her

4:49 PM on Tuesday, September 9

President Donald Trump had dinner at a seafood restaurant near the White House as part of his effort to promote deploying the National Guard and federalizing the police force in the nation's capital

3:25 PM on Tuesday, September 9

President Donald Trump is trying to walk a delicate line following Israel’s attack against Hamas officials in Qatar

1:54 PM on Tuesday, September 9

South Korea's foreign minister has traveled to the U.S. to address the detention of over 300 South Korean workers

3:03 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic lawmaker from Austin whose profile has risen with viral videos confronting right-wing policies is launching a long shot bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas

9:04 PM on Monday, September 8

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power

7:05 PM on Monday, September 8

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships

10:08 AM on Monday, August 25