Politics & Government News

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 6:02 PM

Trump admires a Glock handgun -- but stops short of buying -- as he returns to in-person campaigning

Former President Donald Trump has stopped by a gun shop and admired a Glock handgun while returning to in-person campaigning in South Carolina

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 5:40 PM

New book alleges Trump's ex-chief of staff's suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers

A former aide in Donald Trump's White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that his wife...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 5:36 PM

Mel Tucker's attorney: Michigan State doesn't have cause to fire suspended coach over phone sex

Mel Tucker’s attorney says Michigan State does not have cause to fire its suspended football coach after Tucker acknowledged having phone sex with...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 5:32 PM

Former New Zealand prime minister and pandemic prep leader says we're unprepared for the next one

If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 5:14 PM

US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Energy chief Granholm says

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says nuclear fusion is a pioneering technology and the Biden administration wants to harness it as part of...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 4:57 PM

Opposition lawmakers call on Canada's House speaker to resign for honoring man who fought for Nazis

Opposition parties in Canada have called on the speaker of the House of Commons to resign for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 4:51 PM

Libya's top prosecutor jails 8 officials for potential negligence in the deadly collapse of dams

Libya’s chief prosecutor says he has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 4:35 PM

Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that attempts to kick him off the presidential ballot under a rarely used constitutional...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 4:30 PM

Watchdog files open meetings lawsuit against secret panel studying Wisconsin justice's impeachment

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 3:46 PM

DeSantis and Newsom to go head-to-head in November Fox News debate moderated by Sean Hannity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking time out from debating fellow 2024 Republican presidential contenders to take on a Democrat, California Gov....

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 3:43 PM

US military captures key Islamic State militant during helicopter raid in Syria

The U.S. military says it has captured an operator for the Islamic State extremist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 2:02 PM

Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams

A Vermont driver has pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 1:50 PM

The UN's top tech official discusses AI, bringing the world together and what keeps him up at night

This fall, the United Nations is to convene an advisory group on artificial intelligence

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 1:34 PM

US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military

The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which has been a hub...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 12:02 PM

To TikTok or not to TikTok? One GOP candidate joins the app even as he calls it 'digital fentanyl'

Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shunned TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app that many conservatives accuse of being a spy...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 10:41 AM

Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030

Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 8:51 AM

What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in...

politics / Mon, Sep 25, 2023 6:35 AM

EU commissioner calls for more balanced trade with China and warns that Ukraine could divide them

The European Union’s trade commissioner has called for a more balanced relationship with China, noting an EU trade deficit of nearly 400 billion...