Politics & Government News

1:39 PM on Thursday, October 16

Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton charged in probe into mishandling classified information, AP source says

12:42 PM on Thursday, October 16

Human rights lawyers accused 122 European officials of committing crimes against migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

12:36 PM on Thursday, October 16

Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 — from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino

12:27 PM on Thursday, October 16

12:27 PM on Thursday, October 16

New York’s highest court has upheld a law shifting local elections to even-numbered years, bringing most county and town elections in line with statewide and federal races

12:17 PM on Thursday, October 16

11:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

The Department of Energy says it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy

10:55 AM on Thursday, October 16

California’s elected and appointed officials will now have to tell the public when they’ve accepted a job offer from a new employer that might seek favors from them while they’re still in a position of power

10:40 AM on Thursday, October 16

Trump warns Hamas 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them' if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza

10:26 AM on Thursday, October 16

Democrat Jackie Norris has ended her campaign for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat

10:23 AM on Thursday, October 16

A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New York’s transportation system from terrorist attacks

10:16 AM on Thursday, October 16

Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Hungary to try to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war, but date still to be determined

8:53 AM on Thursday, October 16

Jeffrey Goldberg has bold goals: “We want The Atlantic to be the greatest writer's collective on the planet,” the magazine's editor-in-chief said

7:46 AM on Thursday, October 16

About 40 million people could see food assistance disappear next month if the federal government shutdown continues

7:44 AM on Thursday, October 16

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are using artificial intelligence to improve their cyberattacks on U.S. companies, governments and individuals, according to new research from Microsoft

5:42 AM on Thursday, October 16

5:38 AM on Thursday, October 16

The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency says China poses a daily threat to the United Kingdom’s security

3:51 AM on Thursday, October 16

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war during an address to a U.N. agency

12:55 AM on Thursday, October 16

Kenyan police have opened fire and used teargas to try and control a crowd of mourners gathered for a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, leaving two people dead

4:35 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela