Politics & Government News

8:56 PM on Saturday, September 26

7:12 PM on Saturday, September 26

Human rights groups in Venezuela said that significant numbers of political prisoners were released in the South American country on Saturday, though a total number of those released has still not been established

4:33 PM on Saturday, September 26

A Texas city council candidate has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge for “riot participation.”

3:13 PM on Saturday, September 26

12:34 PM on Saturday, September 26

Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems

12:14 PM on Saturday, September 26

Russia’s top diplomat has rejected German calls to ease off its “dangerous path of escalation” toward the country

12:05 PM on Saturday, September 26

Thousands of people clapped and cheered in a central Serbian town

11:04 AM on Saturday, September 26

CNN says it has been left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game

10:52 AM on Saturday, September 26

European interior ministers are meeting in Germany to discuss strengthening border controls and improving rapid response in emergencies

9:58 AM on Saturday, September 26

China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan

7:21 AM on Saturday, September 26

Democrats see hope for political gains in the Deep South this year despite disappointments in previous elections

6:58 AM on Saturday, September 26

Encouraging fans to get inside Neyland Stadium earlier than usual with President Donald Trump coming to Tennessee's college football game against Texas sure worked Saturday

5:47 AM on Saturday, September 26

China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications

5:29 AM on Saturday, September 26

Russian attacks killed four people in Ukraine as the aerial war between Moscow and Kyiv intensified

5:09 AM on Saturday, September 26

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year

4:01 AM on Saturday, September 26

Iran's president and top diplomat have proposed a deal to the Trump administration to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz after spending a busy week in New York

1:04 AM on Saturday, September 26

U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

11:10 PM on Friday, September 25

It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects

9:45 AM on Monday, September 14

11:03 AM on Thursday, September 10