Politics & Government News

11:22 AM on Friday, October 31

The Dutch national news agency is reporting that the centrist D66 party is set to win over Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom in country's election this week

11:07 AM on Friday, October 31

Ohio panel adopts new US House districts that could help Republicans win more seats in next year’s election

10:53 AM on Friday, October 31

France's culture minister says that the Louvre will install streetside anti-ramming and anti-intrusion devices in the next two months

9:24 AM on Friday, October 31

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death

8:40 AM on Friday, October 31

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8:36 AM on Friday, October 31

Illinois advocates sue federal authorities over alleged “inhumane” conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility

7:55 AM on Friday, October 31

Protests are spreading in Tanzania as electoral authorities count the votes in a disputed presidential election that rights groups and opposition figures say was clouded by a climate of fear

7:18 AM on Friday, October 31

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart Chris Wright to cancel a planned trip to Israel

6:04 AM on Friday, October 31

Two decades after resigning as New Jersey’s governor in scandal and stunning the political world as he declared “I am a gay American,” Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail for the first time

5:19 AM on Friday, October 31

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán plans to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt Hungary from new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil when he visits Washington next week

2:18 AM on Friday, October 31

Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply its graphics processing units for projects with the South Korean businesses and government to advance the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and technologies

12:05 AM on Friday, October 31

The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws

Friday, October 31

The U.S. Secretary of Defense has told his Chinese counterpart that Washington will "stoutly defend" its interests in the Indo-Pacific

8:28 PM on Thursday, October 30

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed an annual economic regional forum

6:25 PM on Thursday, October 30

The Latvian Parliament has voted to withdraw from a European treaty supporting women who are victims of violence

5:26 PM on Thursday, October 30

The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020

4:43 PM on Thursday, October 30

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster

8:55 AM on Thursday, October 30

Thousands of mainly young protesters in Serbia have embarked on a two-day march from the capital Belgrade

6:56 AM on Thursday, October 30

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to skip a big Asian economic meeting this weekend risks worsening America’s reputation at a forum that represents nearly 40% of the world’s population and more than half of global goods trade