Politics & Government News

5:40 PM on Monday, October 27

The Democratic National Committee has started planning for the next presidential primary elections, potentially changing the early-voting calendar again

5:06 PM on Monday, October 27

Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court hangs in the balance in statewide elections next week, when voters will cast ballots on judges for the state’s three highest courts

5:00 PM on Monday, October 27

Maine voters will decide a pair of high-profile ballot measures addressing elections and gun violence in a statewide referendum election next week

4:46 PM on Monday, October 27

A shortage of air traffic controllers has caused more flight disruptions at airports across the country

4:45 PM on Monday, October 27

Cincinnati’s mayor seeks a second term against a challenger with notable family ties in a municipal election next week

4:43 PM on Monday, October 27

Federal funds could begin running dry on Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans buy food for their families and send their toddlers to preschool if the government shutdown persists

4:18 PM on Monday, October 27

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed the names of five candidates to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the powerful Federal Reserve next year

3:59 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump begins a busy day in Asia on Tuesday, meeting Japan's new prime minister and speaking to U.S. troops

3:31 PM on Monday, October 27

Venezuela's vice president has called for canceling energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago

3:20 PM on Monday, October 27

A lawsuit is seeking to redraw the lines of a Republican-controlled congressional district in New York state

2:37 PM on Monday, October 27

Colorado’s new free school meals program will face a key test when voters decide two statewide ballot measures that would put the program on sounder financial footing, mostly by raising taxes on high-income individuals

12:48 PM on Monday, October 27

Argentine President Javier Milei has hailed his party’s resounding victory in midterm congressional elections as a mandate to press forward with radical free-market reforms

12:45 PM on Monday, October 27

Provisional results in Ivory Coast show that President Alassane Ouattara has been reelected to a fourth term, following an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan

12:02 PM on Monday, October 27

Officials say British political commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport

11:05 AM on Monday, October 27

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

9:43 AM on Monday, October 27

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have entered a third day in Istanbul without reaching an agreement

8:22 AM on Monday, October 27

Israel’s foreign minister says his government will not allow Turkish troops to take part in a future international peace force in Gaza

8:14 AM on Monday, October 27

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun has called a special session and directed state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts

1:59 AM on Monday, October 27

U.S. President Donald Trump is in Japan and preparing to meet with the country’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader

1:03 AM on Monday, October 27

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage