Politics & Government News

11:22 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech

11:04 PM on Monday, September 8

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices is expected to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to stay in power illegally after his 2022 election defeat

11:01 PM on Monday, September 8

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support

10:50 PM on Monday, September 8

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to take a crucial step to securing a second term when voters go to the polls

10:48 PM on Monday, September 8

Virginia voters are set to choose their congressional candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly

9:29 PM on Monday, September 8

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

9:05 PM on Monday, September 8

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships

9:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal’s government has lifted its ban on social media platforms after violent street protests in which 19 people were killed

7:45 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil

6:37 PM on Monday, September 8

Democratic lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee are asking questions about what led the Trump administration to revoke the security clearances of 37 current and former officials

4:28 PM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

4:27 PM on Monday, September 8

North Carolina trial judges have ruled that two voter-approved constitutional amendments are enforceable

3:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing sharp criticism over the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

2:12 PM on Monday, September 8

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump

12:37 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean

10:22 AM on Monday, September 8

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees

8:25 AM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security has announced the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago called “Operation Midway Blitz."

5:01 AM on Monday, September 8

Indonesia’s president has replaced key economic and security ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle after deadly protests erupted over lawmakers' perks

3:52 AM on Monday, September 8

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Bangkok after a surprise departure to Dubai last week

11:09 PM on Sunday, September 7

The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here.”