Politics & Government News

6:44 PM on Monday, August 24

The United States is urging beefed up U.N. sanctions against the warring parties in Sudan to build pressure on them to negotiate an end to fighting

5:52 PM on Monday, August 24

President Donald Trump is moving toward imposing a new tariff on China to penalize Beijing for flooding the global market with underpriced goods

5:40 PM on Monday, August 24

Robert White Jr., the District of Columbia's presumptive delegate to Congress, has unveiled a plan to counter Republican interventions in the city's affairs

5:26 PM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comment on a rare-earth element mining project in northeast Wyoming

5:10 PM on Monday, August 24

4:17 PM on Monday, August 24

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2:30 PM on Monday, August 24

A Turkish court has convicted five opposition mayors on corruption charges in a trial that critics have denounced as politically motivated

2:10 PM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled new requirements for mail ballots less than two weeks before some states begin sending them

1:21 PM on Monday, August 24

A new Human Rights Watch report says drug gangs and rebel groups in Colombia are increasingly recruiting children for dangerous tasks, including piloting drones carrying explosives

1:00 PM on Monday, August 24

The British government has urged TikTok and other social media platforms to remove videos celebrating dangerous driving

11:11 AM on Monday, August 24

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has expressed frustration over unsolicited beauty advice

11:02 AM on Monday, August 24

Six people deported by the U.S. to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane

10:26 AM on Monday, August 24

Prince Harry is stepping down as a trustee of African Parks, a nonprofit managing protected areas in 13 countries

9:11 AM on Monday, August 24

Officials say Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet Oarty won a landslide victory in the Central Asian country’s parliamentary elections

9:02 AM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. has reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices

7:54 AM on Monday, August 24

Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22

7:30 AM on Monday, August 24

South Carolina Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the fall general election ballot

7:02 AM on Monday, August 24

Oklahoma Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to settle an expensive nomination fight for governor, while Democrats will pick a nominee for U.S. Senate

6:48 AM on Monday, August 24

Iran is again warning about consequences in response to new U.S. economic sanctions, including for its neighbors

4:27 AM on Monday, August 24

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran