Politics & Government News

4:18 AM on Thursday, November 13

Cambodia has evacuated hundreds from a village on its disputed border with Thailand after a resident was killed in a shooting between the two nations

2:34 AM on Thursday, November 13

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects will be locked up in jail by Christmas

12:01 AM on Thursday, November 13

President Donald Trump often offers ideas that once seem outlandish, then repeating them until they gain traction and begin sounding more mainstream

10:24 PM on Wednesday, November 12

President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption for country

8:35 PM on Wednesday, November 12

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein

8:29 PM on Wednesday, November 12

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has called lawmakers into a special session to consider legislation including a sweeping criminal reform proposal and a plan to bring film studios to Las Vegas

8:23 PM on Wednesday, November 12

Alaska Native tribes and conservation groups have sued the federal government, seeking to have overturned a land exchange aimed at allowing a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska

8:09 PM on Wednesday, November 12

The Federal Aviation Administration says flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work

5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 12

California state officials say they plan to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally

1:29 PM on Wednesday, November 12

MSNBC enters the hall of retired corporate names this weekend, with the network formally switching over to MS NOW

1:26 PM on Wednesday, November 12

South Africa's leader says that U_S_ President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend is “their loss."

10:31 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday

9:17 AM on Wednesday, November 12

President Donald Trump has urged Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case

8:39 AM on Wednesday, November 12

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill to end a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks

8:05 AM on Wednesday, November 12

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown

7:54 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel despite criticism over the war in Gaza

6:33 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers submitted their resignations amid a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state nuclear power company

5:37 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Thailand has extradited a Chinese man wanted for running over 200 illegal online gambling operations

12:01 AM on Wednesday, November 12

The longest government shutdown in history has come to an end, with almost no one happy with the final result

11:50 PM on Tuesday, November 11

President Donald Trump has signed a measure to reopen the government and resume full food aid benefits that were paused at the start of November