Politics & Government News

1:35 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Pattaya, a seaside resort city in Thailand once notorious for sex tourism, is hosting sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln for rest and recuperation

9:12 PM on Tuesday, September 1

China’s President Xi Jinping visits Egypt this week for the first time in a decade

9:08 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in eastern Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East

8:06 PM on Tuesday, September 1

President Donald Trump says he’s nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job

7:54 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students

7:48 PM on Tuesday, September 1

A judge in Honduras has dismissed the fraud and money laundering case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández

7:46 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Vice President JD Vance says that if a 2024 assassination attempt had killed Donald Trump, he would have always wondered if it was part of a conspiracy and might not have accepted even another Republican as the next president

6:15 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The House has censured Rep. Chuck Edwards after an Ethics Committee investigation concluded he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers in his office

4:53 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The Justice Department says it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas

4:22 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Two new studies provide chilling testimony about the spike in threats against federal judges

3:24 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of “cheap exports” that cause global economic imbalances, but China dissented

12:56 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said

12:52 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”

11:46 AM on Tuesday, September 1

The German government has blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives

8:45 AM on Tuesday, September 1

The U.S. military has struck targets in Iran, leading Tehran to respond with missile and drone fire as hostilities ignited once again

8:08 AM on Tuesday, September 1

A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter

6:21 AM on Tuesday, September 1

A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could lead to the rejection of huge numbers of mail ballots

2:23 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya is preparing for a visit by the USS Abraham Lincoln, as the aircraft carrier makes its way back to the U.S. following a grueling deployment in the Middle East

12:05 AM on Tuesday, September 1

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office