Politics & Government News

8:23 AM on Thursday, September 11

Brazil’s Supreme Court is to deliver the final two votes by its justices on former President Jair Bolsonaro alleged coup attempt — votes that could send the far-right politician to prison within weeks and deeply impact the nation’s politics

8:00 AM on Thursday, September 11

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says Greece could play an important role in expanding American liquefied natural gas exports to Europe through its regional pipeline system

7:52 AM on Thursday, September 11

The mayor of Venice has condemned a reported attack on an American Orthodox Jewish couple as a “serious and unacceptable act”

7:49 AM on Thursday, September 11

Veteran political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC following some commentary regarding Charlie Kirk that drew a heated reaction

7:29 AM on Thursday, September 11

For over three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones

7:21 AM on Thursday, September 11

The U.N. migration agency is appealing for funds for around 134,000 people in Afghanistan who need help nearly two weeks after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in the country’s mountainous east

7:00 AM on Thursday, September 11

Trump announces he'll posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk

6:49 AM on Thursday, September 11

Harvard University says it has started receiving notices that many federal grants halted by the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled that the cuts were illegal

5:53 AM on Thursday, September 11

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination

5:48 AM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon

5:33 AM on Thursday, September 11

Workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia were headed to Atlanta on Thursday, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home

4:38 AM on Thursday, September 11

A United Nations employee has been released from detention in Yemen’s capital

4:35 AM on Thursday, September 11

Belarus has freed 52 political prisoners, as the United States announced it was lifting some sanctions on the isolated country’s national airline

2:55 AM on Thursday, September 11

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U

12:34 AM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump says he’ll posthumously award conservative activist and ally Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Prosecutors, other attorneys and observers have assembled in a federal courtroom for the start of opening statements trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year

6:54 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Officials say the shooting that killed Charlie Kirk was a targeted attack

2:25 PM on Wednesday, September 10

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves

9:46 AM on Wednesday, August 20