Politics & Government News

3:02 PM on Friday, October 31

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have been arrested for allegedly planning a coup

3:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has signed a bipartisan bill that would allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot

2:13 PM on Friday, October 31

A Texas program intended to help small businesses owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans compete for government procurement contracts has been frozen by the Comptroller of Public Accounts

2:06 PM on Friday, October 31

2:05 PM on Friday, October 31

Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown

1:52 PM on Friday, October 31

Israel’s top military prosecutor has resigned after admitting to leaking a video showing soldiers assaulting a Palestinian detainee

1:49 PM on Friday, October 31

1:19 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has declined to say whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests

1:18 PM on Friday, October 31

The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration in the state’s Supreme Court

1:15 PM on Friday, October 31

A Wisconsin judge has put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in the battleground state before the next statewide election in February

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

The South African government has criticized the U.S. policy shift that will give priority to Afrikaners for asylum

12:18 PM on Friday, October 31

Virginia's Democrat-led legislature OKs step toward mid-decade congressional redistricting in fight to control US House

11:52 AM on Friday, October 31

The longtime director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case that also led to criminal charges against his wife, a state Supreme Court Justice

11:26 AM on Friday, October 31

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, aiming to capture the city of Pokrovsk

8:02 AM on Friday, October 31

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have taken steps to mend their countries' fractured ties

5:47 AM on Friday, October 31

The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop

3:12 AM on Friday, October 31

Protests in Tanzania have entered their third day as the electoral body continues to announce the results of an election that sparked deadly demonstrations, leading to the government’s shutdown of the internet and the deployment of the military

12:12 AM on Friday, October 31

No one is bigger than the monarchy

12:04 AM on Friday, October 31

In the weeks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire and hostage deal, Indonesia has emerged as an intriguing partner to Trump

11:39 AM on Thursday, October 30

The government shutdown is taking a toll on military families as they live without the guarantee of a paycheck