Politics & Government News

4:32 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced a new security strategy for Michoacan, following the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo

4:20 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Brazil’s leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says he wants the future of the Amazon rainforest to be built around a major fund that will pay countries to keep their forests standing

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The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the terminations

2:21 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The United States has circulated draft text for a U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza for at least two years

12:48 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Some cities in Cameroon are deserted after the main opposition leader called for a lockdown to protest the presidential election results

12:32 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks

12:17 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be chaos in the skies next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck

11:43 AM on Tuesday, November 4

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84

10:44 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is prepared to call his American counterpart if negotiations on U.S. tariffs do not go forward in the near future

9:44 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Haiti’s government says that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43 and that 13 others are still missing

9:13 AM on Tuesday, November 4

The New York City mayor’s race pitting Zohran Mamdani against Andrew Cuomo will determine whether the city elects its first Muslim mayor and its youngest leader in generations or offers a comeback for a longtime politician who resigned as governor four years ago in disgrace

8:54 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system are marking the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent races

11:22 PM on Monday, November 3

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats

11:01 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters head to polls in America’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House

10:57 PM on Monday, November 3

A judge has heard testimony about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that “tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area immigration building

4:52 PM on Monday, November 3

CBS News' "60 Minutes" gave its audience a rare opportunity by releasing a full, unedited video and transcript of its interview with President Donald Trump