Politics & Government News

9:12 PM on Wednesday, October 22

European Union leaders are aiming to greenlight a new raft of sanctions against Russia at a summit on Thursday

9:04 PM on Wednesday, October 22

A growing number of people protesting against President Donald Trump's administration are wearing inflatable costumes at rallies

7:05 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Mexican authorities have announced the recapture of Zhi Dong Zhang, a Chinese national accused of trafficking cocaine and fentanyl into the U.S. Zhang, also known as "Brother Wang," was indicted in Atlanta in 2022

6:26 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is providing a base for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area

6:15 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Last week’s military coup in Madagascar followed weeks of protests by youth angry about a lack of opportunity, poverty, and regular power and water cutoffs in the sprawling African island nation

5:38 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's setting a goal for the country to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade, saying Canada’s former strengths based on close ties to the United States have become vulnerabilities

4:21 PM on Wednesday, October 22

One of Chicago's most infamous gang leaders is now asking Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this year

3:58 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Investigators in Wyoming are trying to identify two men they believe left a homemade bomb in front of the state Capitol

3:36 PM on Wednesday, October 22

North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to build up weapons designed to overwhelm missile defenses in South Korea

2:50 PM on Wednesday, October 22

A Los Angeles man shot by federal officers while he tried to evade arrest is a popular local TikTok streamer who documents police activity, immigration enforcement and daily neighborhood life

1:28 PM on Wednesday, October 22

President Donald Trump has suggested he’s entitled to compensation from the federal government over investigations he faced that he claims were politically motivated

10:43 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The U.S. military has launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean

7:01 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, tells The Associated Press that he's covered a tattoo on his chest to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago

7:01 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that pregnant detainees being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana and Georgia are being mistreated and receiving inadequate care

5:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump

5:16 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

10:11 PM on Tuesday, October 21

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced new sanctions against Russia’s oil industry aimed at moving President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

10:03 PM on Tuesday, October 21

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency, UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza

9:02 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Frontrunner Zohran Mamdani was attacked over his thin resume

9:21 AM on Tuesday, October 21

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South America