Politics & Government News

12:33 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Dijana Hrka’s world fell apart on Nov. 1 last year, when tons of concrete crushed her son to death at a train station in Serbia

11:20 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Polls have opened across the Netherlands in a close-run snap election called after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders brought down the last four-party coalition in a dispute over a crackdown on immigration

11:14 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is running for reelection against three lesser-known candidates, arguing that the city has seen major improvements during his first term in office

11:13 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years

11:13 PM on Tuesday, October 28

Polling stations across Tanzania have opened for an election marked by concerns from human rights organizations and the detention of opposition members

11:08 PM on Tuesday, October 28

The nation’s biggest city will pick its next mayor on Tuesday in an election that has sparked debate over the future of the Democratic Party

11:07 PM on Tuesday, October 28

California voters head to the polls on Tuesday with just one yes-or-no question on the ballot

11:04 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is set to begin Wednesday

11:01 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea

10:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28

South Korea is hosting leaders from major Pacific Rim economies, including the U.S., China, and Japan, for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

7:55 PM on Tuesday, October 28

A federal judge has ruled acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California is serving in the role unlawfully

7:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump continues his trip throughout Asia

4:29 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he cannot run for a third term, citing constitutional limits, despite his interest in staying in the White House

4:01 PM on Tuesday, October 28

After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive

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

3:04 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Pakistan's information minister says peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed after four days of negotiations

11:20 PM on Monday, October 27

Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage

9:36 PM on Monday, October 27

China has signed an expanded free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

4:35 PM on Sunday, October 26

6:13 AM on Sunday, October 26

Dutch voters face an array of choices in Wednesday's general election