Politics & Government News

6:01 PM on Friday, October 24

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have started talks ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will welcome East Timor as the bloc’s 11th member and mark U.S. President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia since returning to the White House

5:04 PM on Friday, October 24

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City

5:00 PM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump heads to Asia on Friday for his first trip this term to the continent, where he’s expected to try to strike investment deals, work through trade talks and further some peace efforts

3:57 PM on Friday, October 24

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies

3:39 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown

3:16 PM on Friday, October 24

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo has resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her and suggested she has views that are not compatible with the Texas shrine's history

3:13 PM on Friday, October 24

CEO of nonprofit that manages the Alamo quits after a GOP leader says her views incompatible with Texas shrine's history

2:52 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration is telling the state of Colorado it can no longer import wolves from Canada

12:48 PM on Friday, October 24

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is pledging to embrace his Muslim identity amid growing attacks in the final days of the campaign

12:07 PM on Friday, October 24

President Trump is urging his supporters in New Jersey to vote for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli

12:04 PM on Friday, October 24

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a government member over drug trade allegations

10:16 AM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- Trump’s favorite economic tool

8:37 AM on Friday, October 24

The ongoing government shutdown continues to disrupt flights and put pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay

7:10 AM on Friday, October 24

The leader of Canada’s most populous province says he’ll pull the anti-tariff ad that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada

6:18 AM on Friday, October 24

Law enforcement officers have fired shots at a vehicle that backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area that had been the site of protests against federal immigration agents

5:32 AM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump is going to Asia and will meet face to face with the leaders of Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and China

1:51 AM on Friday, October 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector

10:07 PM on Thursday, October 23

Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a “very big” and “very important” vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking that his close ally, Argentine President Javier Milei, was up for reelection

9:04 PM on Thursday, October 23

President Donald Trump says he agreed to halt a planned show of federal force in San Francisco after appeals from tech executives and the mayor

7:52 PM on Thursday, October 23

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s pulling the TV ad that caused President Donald Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada