Politics & Government News

1:32 AM on Friday, September 19

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency says there is "absolutely no evidence" that Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to negotiate peace in Ukraine

1:20 AM on Friday, September 19

Thailand's king has endorsed a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

12:53 AM on Friday, September 19

Hungary plans to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, following a similar announcement by U.S. President Trump

9:44 PM on Thursday, September 18

Colleges around the country are under intense pressure to police insensitive comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which leaves them with no easy choices

9:10 PM on Thursday, September 18

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution on whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program

9:07 PM on Thursday, September 18

Republicans and Democratic lawmakers show no signs of budging as the House takes up a bill to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks

9:04 PM on Thursday, September 18

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8:40 PM on Thursday, September 18

7:49 PM on Thursday, September 18

Kamala Harris shares her candid reflections in her new book, "107 Days," about her 2024 presidential campaign against Donald Trump

6:00 PM on Thursday, September 18

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to talk with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. The call Friday also may offer clues about whether the two leaders might meet in person to hash out a final agreement to end a trade war and provide clarity on where relations between superpowers may be headed

5:53 PM on Thursday, September 18

Russia is a key supplier of military goods to Vietnam, providing it with fighter jets, tanks and ships

5:49 PM on Thursday, September 18

Russia and Vietnam have developed a mechanism to conceal arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using profits from joint energy-sector ventures to pay for defense contracts, according to internal Vietnamese documents obtained by The Associated Press

3:45 PM on Thursday, September 18

More than a dozen elected officials have been arrested while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees

3:07 PM on Thursday, September 18

Iran has decided at the last minute to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it put forward for a vote before an annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations

2:12 PM on Thursday, September 18

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon have opened their late-night shows using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel

11:06 AM on Thursday, September 18

President Donald Trump has suggested he's working to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan

2:17 AM on Thursday, September 18

Congressional Democrats have unveiled a bill that would bolster free speech protections against government officials

9:14 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump has ended his visit to the United Kingdom by expressing gratitude for the royal treatment he received

9:08 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum have promised to strengthen trade relations in the face of U.S. tariff threats and pushed to keep the most important free trade agreement in the Western Hemisphere alive in the lead-up to negotiations next year

10:12 AM on Monday, August 25