Politics & Government News

1:29 PM on Wednesday, October 22

An Indigenous alliance in Ecuador says it will stop blocking highways in protest over the end of a diesel subsidy after the country's president threatened to bring in the military

12:55 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Local authorities report that a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia, resulting in the deaths of 40 people, including infants

12:50 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The United Nations says Houthi rebels released a dozen United Nations international staffers and allowed three others to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them in the facility in Yemen's capital over the weekend

12:39 PM on Wednesday, October 22

Trump administration announces another strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

12:24 PM on Wednesday, October 22

12:16 PM on Wednesday, October 22

The South Carolina Supreme Court has suggested solutions to avoid a legal dispute over lawmakers' pay

11:41 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Federal authorities say an immigration enforcement operation that sparked spontaneous protests on Manhattan’s Canal Street led to the arrests of 14 people, including several demonstrators accused of obstructing federal agents

11:04 AM on Wednesday, October 22

President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities over the objections of mayors and governors have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping rulings

10:59 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs

10:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech to protest what he calls President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown

10:17 AM on Wednesday, October 22

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is seeking to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration is dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East

9:26 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Minnesota Supreme Court has delivered a win to transgender weightlifter JayCee Cooper, even while keeping part of the case alive for the organization that banned her from competing in its women's division

9:01 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, tells The Associated Press that he's covered a tattoo on his chest to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago

7:29 AM on Wednesday, October 22

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump

5:40 AM on Wednesday, October 22

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12:11 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Russian drones and missiles have killed at least six people in Ukraine, including a woman and her two young daughters

11:28 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Leaders of six Western Balkan nations are meeting British and European officials in London on Wednesday

11:06 PM on Tuesday, October 21

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump

11:21 AM on Tuesday, October 21

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 34 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South America

9:07 AM on Tuesday, October 21

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year