Politics & Government News

1:04 PM on Thursday, October 30

12:28 PM on Thursday, October 30

A lawsuit filed by three Dallas residents seeks to strike down dozens of city ordinances they say violate a law that prevents Texas cities from adopting progressive policies

12:26 PM on Thursday, October 30

New Orleans faces deep cuts that could lead to furloughs or layoffs to address a $160 million budget shortfall

12:10 PM on Thursday, October 30

Democrats and their allied groups are pouring in more money and sending in the national party chairman in the final week of campaigning for a Pennsylvania Supreme Court election

11:59 AM on Thursday, October 30

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.S. and its allies

11:31 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Senate has passed a resolution that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe

11:01 AM on Thursday, October 30

10:23 AM on Thursday, October 30

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a deeper strategic partnership between Europe and Turkey

10:18 AM on Thursday, October 30

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is focusing on economic concerns rather than bold promises and anti-Donald Trump rhetoric in her race for Virginia governor

10:05 AM on Thursday, October 30

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt cautioned this won’t solve all the problems as farmers continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds

9:32 AM on Thursday, October 30

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they'll be mostly white South Africans

6:41 AM on Thursday, October 30

A federal judge in Boston seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's plan to stop funding the SNAP food aid program amid the government shutdown

3:35 AM on Thursday, October 30

Protests have erupted in Tanzania following a disputed election

3:08 AM on Thursday, October 30

U.S. President Donald Trump says he had an “amazing” meeting with China's top leader Xi Jinping that produced very important decisions

2:18 AM on Thursday, October 30

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has apologized for renting out her London house without a license

12:56 AM on Thursday, October 30

Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 have tied in the Dutch general election with 98% of votes counted

12:27 AM on Thursday, October 30

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing, a move that upends decades of American policy

9:07 PM on Wednesday, October 29

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for Tuesday's elections

4:02 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press investigation has found

1:44 PM on Monday, October 6

U.S. President Donald Trump is prioritizing a group of white South Africans in a dramatically decreased quota of refugees allowed into the United States this fiscal year