Politics & Government News

11:13 AM on Sunday, August 31

9:42 AM on Sunday, August 31

Indonesia's president has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks, including a $3,000 housing allowance, to ease public anger after protests left six dead

6:21 AM on Sunday, August 31

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says Greenland is not for sale and criticizes U.S. intentions to control the Arctic territory

5:04 AM on Sunday, August 31

A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Democrats disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue, a large majority, 68%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities

2:07 AM on Sunday, August 31

President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank’s independence in decades

9:42 PM on Saturday, August 30

Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Sunday at the Venice Film Festival

9:11 PM on Saturday, August 30

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state has angered Israel and the U.S. Macron wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, emphasizing such a step would be key to Israel's security

3:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

2:51 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to counter the Trump administration's plan to send federal officers into the city

2:38 PM on Saturday, August 30

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed Derek Dooley for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat in 2026

8:45 AM on Saturday, August 30

The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters says it's eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees

8:03 AM on Saturday, August 30

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump's direction

7:10 AM on Saturday, August 30

The Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital

5:23 AM on Saturday, August 30

"Thoughts and prayers."

4:42 AM on Saturday, August 30

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington explores the complexity of America's past

4:38 AM on Saturday, August 30

Russia has launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, two days after an airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 people

1:46 AM on Saturday, August 30

An angry mob has set fire to a local parliament building in Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring others

4:24 PM on Friday, August 29

A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans’ sensitive information says he’s resigning because of actions taken against him since making the claim

9:31 AM on Friday, August 29

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts

9:22 AM on Friday, August 29

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court says she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals