Politics & Government News

12:15 PM on Sunday, November 2

President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office

9:38 AM on Sunday, November 2

A Syrian government-led committee has concluded that nearly all reported allegations of kidnapping of Alawite women are false

7:49 AM on Sunday, November 2

President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has meant for some awkward moments for news outlets

7:47 AM on Sunday, November 2

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has praised a Kurdish separatist group's decision to withdraw fighters from northern Iraq and Turkey

7:43 AM on Sunday, November 2

The Associated Press will compile votes and declare winners in elections across the U.S. on Tuesday, just as the news organization has done for nearly 180 years

7:31 AM on Sunday, November 2

Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown

3:42 AM on Sunday, November 2

The George Washington Revolutionaries host the Maine Black Bears in the season opener

12:03 AM on Sunday, November 2

Prince William, the heir to the British throne, will be on the streets of Rio de Janeiro this week to promote his Earthshot Prize, an initiative to find solutions to major environmental issues

11:51 PM on Saturday, November 1

The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea

11:48 PM on Saturday, November 1

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, have signed a key defense agreement that will allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills

7:30 PM on Saturday, November 1

Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend at a meeting in Las Vegas

5:31 PM on Saturday, November 1

President Donald Trump will host Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House

5:24 PM on Saturday, November 1

Trump to host al-Sharaa in first-ever visit by a Syrian president to White House, administration official says

4:53 PM on Saturday, November 1

Day of the Dead commemorations in early November are a crucial religious, family and community celebration for most Mexicans and many other Latin Americans

9:45 AM on Saturday, November 1

It wasn’t so long ago that President Donald Trump spoke of building a legacy as a peacemaker

8:21 AM on Saturday, November 1

The twin crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington are coming to a head

7:52 AM on Saturday, November 1

Tens of thousands of people in Serbia have commemorated the victims of last year's railway station disaster in the northern city of Novi Sad

6:44 AM on Saturday, November 1

U_S_ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington and Beijing will establish military-to-military communications channels, adding that bilateral ties between the countries have “never been better.”

4:03 AM on Saturday, November 1

Egypt has inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to a single ancient civilization and an effort aimed at boosting the country's tourism industry and troubled economy

12:05 AM on Saturday, November 1

Former President Barack Obama is urging voters to use Tuesday's elections in Virginia and New Jersey to rebuke President Donald Trump and candidates loyal to him