Politics & Government News

5:03 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases in the last five years that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s federal food benefits

3:45 AM on Tuesday, September 30

3:08 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A German man who worked for a far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been convicted of spying for China

3:01 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Former aide to German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament is convicted of spying for China

12:32 AM on Tuesday, September 30

An appeals court in Thailand has upheld a two-year prison sentence for a lawmaker from the progressive People’s Party for defaming the monarchy in a speech she made four years ago

11:06 PM on Monday, September 29

Transgender women in Paraguay often flee their homes at a young age to escape abuse, stigma and the absence of legal protections, turning to sex work and migration to survive

11:02 PM on Monday, September 29

The Utah university where Charlie Kirk was assassinated lacked several key public safety measures and practices that are standard security for events around the country

8:58 PM on Monday, September 29

7:15 PM on Monday, September 29

Authorities are trying to determine why a man opened fire in the parking lot of a casino in a Texas border city over the weekend, killing two people and wounding at least five others before fleeing the scene

7:01 PM on Monday, September 29

Judge suspends Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at agency overseeing Voice of America

5:19 PM on Monday, September 29

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

4:21 PM on Monday, September 29

New rules that limit the access of journalists in the Pentagon and appear to condition entry into the building on agreement to restrictions have led to a standoff between the press and the Trump administration's defense department

3:18 PM on Monday, September 29

Colombia's foreign minister has renounced her U.S. visa to protest the U.S. State Department's decision to revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visa

12:10 PM on Monday, September 29

A state agency has revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally

11:26 AM on Monday, September 29

U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza stands out from previous ceasefire proposals: For the first time, it tries to outline the key question of how the territory will be ruled after the war

7:07 AM on Monday, September 29

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders have held talks at the White House with President Donald Trump in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown

1:20 AM on Monday, September 29

Moldovans have given the pro-Western governing party a clear parliamentary majority in a recent election

11:48 PM on Sunday, September 28

Nathan Law, a self-exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, says he was denied entry to Singapore over suspected political reasons

11:06 PM on Sunday, September 28

President Donald Trump has laid out a 20-point proposal that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages

7:46 PM on Sunday, September 28

The foreign ministers of North Korea and China have agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to pushing back against the United States