Politics & Government News

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

9:17 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main opposition candidate concedes

9:04 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Gov. Ron DeSantis claims the 2020 census numbers for Florida need fixing to grant the state another congressional seat

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Politicians are increasingly blaming artificial intelligence to dodge accountability for embarrassing situations

7:08 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court after ruling found most of his sweeping tariffs illegal

6:49 PM on Wednesday, September 3

District of Columbia National Guard troops who are deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital have had their orders extended through December

6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Bolivian government says that Arturo Murillo, a former interior minister, has been deported from Florida to Bolivia, where he is expected to face charges ranging from breach of duty for illegally importing weapons to crimes against humanity for overseeing a crackdown on protests in 2019

5:12 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal authorities say they've deliberately chosen a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people living illegally in the U.S. to self-deport

5:02 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence

4:55 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Rep. Ronny Jackson has announced that the Navy has restored his retired rank of rear admiral

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

11:05 AM on Wednesday, September 3

President Donald Trump is justifying the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels

9:45 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Aid agencies say the international community must increase funding to Afghanistan

5:48 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has secured a third term following a tight race on an island shaken by corruption, inequity and economic concerns

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

3:53 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million

3:41 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Graham Linehan's arrest in Britain over social media posts about transgender people has sparked a debate about free speech

2:33 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Russia has launched over 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure, especially energy facilities

10:05 PM on Tuesday, September 2

Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up as supporters of a nationalist party were leaving a rally in insurgency-hit southwest Pakistan, killing at least 13 people and wounding 30 others