Politics & Government News

10:02 AM on Thursday, September 4

An Ethiopian asylum seeker in Britain has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl

8:53 AM on Thursday, September 4

Trump's pick to join the Federal Reserve board says he plans to keep his White House job, blurring lines of independence

8:15 AM on Thursday, September 4

Seven of the eight men deported to South Sudan from the United States remain in custody as local officials consider what to do with them, the foreign ministry said Thursday

7:53 AM on Thursday, September 4

South Africa is asking China to postpone naval exercises that would have brought Chinese and Russian warships to South African waters around the time the country hosts a Group of 20 summit in November

7:45 AM on Thursday, September 4

French president says 26 countries have pledged troops for a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends

6:10 AM on Thursday, September 4

Iran said it has downgraded its relation with Australia a week after its ambassador left the country over accusations that Tehran was behind antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne

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5:04 AM on Thursday, September 4

Two years ago Gregory Bovino was relieved of command of the Border Patrol’s El Centro, California, sector and encouraged to retire

5:01 AM on Thursday, September 4

The Border Patrol agent leading immigration enforcement in Los Angeles was removed from his position in 2023 under President Joe Biden

3:27 AM on Thursday, September 4

SiriusXM is giving a national boost to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's podcast, announcing it will begin distributing it and host Beshear for a regular call-in show on the satellite radio network

3:22 AM on Thursday, September 4

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the potential for scientific advances to extend human life

2:11 AM on Thursday, September 4

An earthquake that killed more than 3,800 people in Myanmar in March unfolded as the country was already mired in a civil war, in which armed militias and pro-democracy forces are fighting the military-led government that seized power from a democratically elected government

10:20 PM on Wednesday, September 3

European countries are facing tough choices as they meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine

7:11 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration is taking the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law

4:33 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

1:04 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

11:19 AM on Wednesday, September 3

President Trump suggests New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime

4:15 AM on Wednesday, September 3

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on a significant trip to China, marking her first known overseas appearance