Politics & Government News

1:54 AM on Thursday, October 16

1:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared in public for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes

11:01 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best-known accusers is set for release Tuesday

9:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger

9:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers to help restore salmon populations

8:34 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump has welcomed nearly 130 donors, allies and representatives of major companies for a dinner at the White House to reward them for their contributions to a new $250 million ballroom project

8:00 PM on Wednesday, October 15

6:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

6:07 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move Jeep Compass production from Canada to the U.S. Ford blames U.S. President Donald Trump for the move, which affects workers in Brampton, Ontario

4:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

4:32 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The stench of decay has spread around Poza Rica, one of the areas hardest hit by last week’s torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico

3:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power

1:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Andry Rajoelina, once a young mayor who led protests against Madagascar's government, has been ousted as president

1:42 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels

1:40 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina

1:13 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

12:53 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

8:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cambodia's government says it hopes the U.S. and Britain have enough evidence in their pursuit of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi

8:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Dozens of reporters have turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to restrictions on their work

12:51 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns