Politics & Government News

3:36 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is seeking a return to the presidential palace in Ivory Coast's election this week

2:41 AM on Tuesday, October 21

France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at Paris prison to start serving 5-year sentence for criminal conspiracy

12:54 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be Japan’s first female prime minister, will double down on market friendly policies

12:12 AM on Tuesday, October 21

11:50 PM on Monday, October 20

Japanese parliament elects ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister

11:05 PM on Monday, October 20

House Republicans are preparing to release a report about President Joe Biden's mental state and the alleged misuse of the presidential autopen during his term

7:00 PM on Monday, October 20

President Donald Trump is preparing for a significant trip to Asia, aiming to address international trade tensions

6:51 PM on Monday, October 20

A spokesperson for Joe Biden says the former Democratic president has completed several weeks of radiation therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer

6:24 PM on Monday, October 20

The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete

5:44 PM on Monday, October 20

The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean has been released by prosecutors in Ecuador

5:05 PM on Monday, October 20

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature has formally begun redrawing the state's congressional district map

4:17 PM on Monday, October 20

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops

2:14 PM on Monday, October 20

Georgia Democrats are focusing on rising electricity bills in the statewide election of two utility regulators

10:55 AM on Monday, October 20

Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use requires more funding from Congress

9:38 AM on Monday, October 20

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House

9:05 AM on Monday, October 20

8:24 AM on Monday, October 20

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical minerals deal

7:30 AM on Monday, October 20

Prince Andrew has renounced his titles, including Duke of York, after discussions with King Charles III

7:21 AM on Monday, October 20

The United Nations says Houthi rebels have released five Yemeni U.N. staff members and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the U.N. compound after detaining them over the weekend

2:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, has injected a sharp note of realism into his plan for solving Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in four decades