Politics & Government News

4:33 AM on Thursday, October 30

Votes are still being counted in the Netherlands after a tense election, leaving uncertainty about the future government

3:52 AM on Thursday, October 30

Far-right and centrist parties are in a virtual tie in Dutch election, according to near total vote count

1:20 AM on Thursday, October 30

Trump says tariffs on China are dropping from 57% to 47% after talks on fentanyl curbs with Xi Jinping

12:19 AM on Thursday, October 30

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces more than a dozen challengers as the Democrat seeks a third term

12:17 AM on Thursday, October 30

Texans will vote on a large menu of constitutional amendments Tuesday

12:16 AM on Thursday, October 30

Virginia will elect its first woman as governor as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin

12:15 AM on Thursday, October 30

New Jersey voters will decide a competitive race for governor Tuesday in a contest that will be viewed through the prism of national politics regardless of who wins

12:03 AM on Thursday, October 30

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is pushing to build more homes to address the city's housing crisis

9:52 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Vice President JD Vance called for a significant reduction in legal immigration during an appearance at a Turning Point event at the University of Mississippi

8:43 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa made a last-ditch plea to conservative voters to turn in their ballots and reject a plan to redraw the US House map favoring Democrats

8:13 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

7:41 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The Trump administration has restored a memorial to Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C. Demonstrators took it down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020

7:39 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A South Texas city has removed a mural protesting the border wall along the southern border with Mexico following a threat by Gov. Greg Abbott to withhold up to $1.6 billion in road funding

6:10 PM on Wednesday, October 29

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

9:24 AM on Wednesday, October 29

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas

7:17 AM on Wednesday, October 29

1:29 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Hurricane Melissa has left widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

12:20 AM on Wednesday, October 29

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands’ general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

8:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

5:35 PM on Sunday, October 26