Politics & Government News

11:43 AM on Monday, August 18

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67 million in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

11:00 AM on Monday, August 18

10:55 AM on Monday, August 18

The foreign ministers of India and China have met in New Delhi in a renewed effort by the nuclear-armed Asian rivals to ease tensions after a five-year border standoff

10:11 AM on Monday, August 18

Texas Democrats say they're ending two-week walkout that stalled gerrymandered US House maps and returning to Capitol

9:17 AM on Monday, August 18

9:10 AM on Monday, August 18

Television's MSNBC network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short

8:47 AM on Monday, August 18

7:32 AM on Monday, August 18

North Carolina farmer Jamie Ager is part of a new crop of Democratic candidates the party is turning to as it tries to compete in the tough, often rural districts it may need to flip to retake the U.S. House in 2026

7:16 AM on Monday, August 18

Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state Treasurer Stacy Garrity will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid in 2026

7:02 AM on Monday, August 18

Democratic leaders are lauding Ohio's Sherrod Brown now that he's launched his 2026 campaign to return to the U.S. Senate

6:00 AM on Monday, August 18

5:59 AM on Monday, August 18

Authorities in Greece have intercepted more than 120 migrants off the island of Crete

1:27 AM on Monday, August 18

For young Ethiopians hoping for a better life, trying to get to Europe or the Middle East is fraught with the dangers of kidnappings, extortion and sometimes death in the shipwrecks while making sea crossings

9:25 PM on Sunday, August 17

Early results show Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates

5:29 PM on Sunday, August 17

9:45 AM on Sunday, August 17

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia

9:40 AM on Sunday, August 17

A U.S. official says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed that the United States and European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war

8:03 AM on Sunday, August 17

Early results in Bolivia's presidential election show the country headed for an unprecedented runoff following a vote in which a dark horse centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing front-runners, although not enough to secure an outright victory

6:25 AM on Sunday, August 17

European and NATO leaders will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

11:37 PM on Wednesday, August 13