Politics & Government News

2:56 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Vanuatu is not ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia due to concerns about potential restrictions on securing infrastructure funding from other countries

12:22 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech

10:29 PM on Monday, September 8

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

8:45 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil

7:37 PM on Monday, September 8

Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee are asking questions about what led the Trump administration to revoke the security clearances of 37 current and former officials

5:28 PM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

5:27 PM on Monday, September 8

North Carolina trial judges have ruled that two voter-approved constitutional amendments are enforceable

4:08 PM on Monday, September 8

The United States has long relied on the Coast Guard and allies to interdict drug vessels through arrests and prosecutions at sea

4:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing sharp criticism over the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

3:12 PM on Monday, September 8

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump

1:37 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean

1:00 PM on Monday, September 8

The Czech Republic’s counterintelligence agency says it has broken up a spy network being built by Belarus

11:22 AM on Monday, September 8

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees

9:25 AM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago called “Operation Midway Blitz."

6:56 AM on Monday, September 8

An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform

6:01 AM on Monday, September 8

Indonesia’s president has replaced key economic and security ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle after deadly protests erupted over lawmakers' perks

4:52 AM on Monday, September 8

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Bangkok after a surprise departure to Dubai last week

3:12 AM on Monday, September 8

Norway’s center-left block led by the Labor Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has claimed victory in Monday’s general election with a narrow but clear victory over the right-wing parties

12:09 AM on Monday, September 8

The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here.”

1:07 PM on Monday, August 25