Politics & Government News

4:17 AM on Tuesday, October 28

The Dutch election for all 150 seats in the lower Second Chamber of parliament is forecast to be a close race between Geert Wilders' populist Party for Freedom and the center-left bloc of the Labor Party and Green Left

4:10 AM on Tuesday, October 28

4:07 AM on Tuesday, October 28

House Republicans have released a long-promised report on former President Joe Biden's use of the autopen and the alleged cover-up of his mental state while in office

2:30 AM on Tuesday, October 28

11:49 PM on Monday, October 27

Japan is filled with tiny white trucks that farmers and commercial workers use to lug gear on the nation’s narrow roads

11:06 PM on Monday, October 27

The trial of the accused killer of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is underway

11:03 PM on Monday, October 27

Border Patrol official Greg Bovino is due in court Tuesday to take questions about a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, which has produced more than 1,800 arrests and complaints of excessive force

11:02 PM on Monday, October 27

The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is taking on new urgency this week

11:02 PM on Monday, October 27

South Korea’s new president is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, bringing together leaders from 20 countries, including the United States and China, whose leaders are set to hold a high-stakes meeting on the sidelines

11:01 PM on Monday, October 27

Food banks and pantries are bracing for a surge in demand if federal food aid is paused this weekend amid the government shutdown

10:27 PM on Monday, October 27

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea

9:46 PM on Monday, October 27

U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Japan's newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest days of his Asia trip

9:36 PM on Monday, October 27

Beijing and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have signed an expanded free trade agreement as both sides face increased protectionism from the United States

3:59 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump has met with Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, during his trip to Asia

3:31 PM on Monday, October 27

Venezuela has suspended energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago, calling the island nation's actions "hostile."

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

7:07 AM on Monday, October 27

East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta has expressed willingness to mediate in Myanmar’s civil war after his country joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

4:35 PM on Sunday, October 26

12:49 PM on Monday, October 6