Politics & Government News

5:13 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday

5:08 AM on Wednesday, October 1

South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of breaking firearm laws

3:23 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Japan’s chief trade negotiator has defended a tariffs deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration

1:16 AM on Wednesday, October 1

China has named Liu Haixing, a diplomat with experience in European affairs, at the top of its International Department

12:32 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Pro-Palestinian protests are shaking major European cities, and calls are growing to ban Israel from sporting and cultural events

12:27 AM on Wednesday, October 1

When Syrian government forces entered the minority Druze enclave of Sweida this summer, it backfired

12:07 AM on Wednesday, October 1

South Korea’s president has vowed to sharply increase defense spending to introduce a variety of high-tech weapons as part of efforts to build a more self-reliant military

12:04 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A parliamentary election in the Czech Republic on Friday and Saturday could shift the country away from supporting Ukraine

11:11 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Cuba's top diplomat says recent U.S. escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region

11:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Iris Delgado started the Huntington Park Run Club two years ago in her largely Latino suburb in the Los Angeles area to provide runners a way to connect to their community

11:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal government shutdown begins as lapse in funds brings on fresh uncertainty for country

8:05 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A judge has barred the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Nevada from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling she is “not validly serving” as the state’s top federal prosecutor

4:12 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city

1:06 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue

10:39 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons

9:11 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The public schools superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, has resigned while challenging his deportation after being detained by immigration authorities

8:18 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years as Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government

7:36 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died, becoming the second person killed in the attack

6:31 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has returned to the forefront of Middle East peace efforts with a U.S. proposal that he take a leading role in overseeing Gaza’s administration and reconstruction

11:14 PM on Monday, September 29

Turning Point USA’s college tour went to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month