Politics & Government News

2:40 PM on Monday, October 13

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with the likely aim of securing another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries

2:35 PM on Monday, October 13

North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on new US House map amid nationwide redistricting battle

2:31 PM on Monday, October 13

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia

2:20 PM on Monday, October 13

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents

2:19 PM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump has declared Israel's war with Hamas over and sees the ceasefire as a chance for lasting peace in the Middle East

1:42 PM on Monday, October 13

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba for the U.S. at the request of the U.S. government, according to Cuban authorities

12:37 PM on Monday, October 13

As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, saying the region is finally at peace and claiming he has now ended eight wars in eight months

12:11 PM on Monday, October 13

Egyptian leader says US President Donald Trump has been awarded his country's top civilian honor

12:00 PM on Monday, October 13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons

11:47 AM on Monday, October 13

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history

11:26 AM on Monday, October 13

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation aimed at protecting children from the potential dangers of AI chatbots

11:25 AM on Monday, October 13

From Seattle to Baltimore, people in the United States are recognizing Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day

11:22 AM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state

11:07 AM on Monday, October 13

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

8:33 AM on Monday, October 13

A local candidate in the suburbs of New York City will remain on the November ballot, despite vanishing months ago after a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean

6:04 AM on Monday, October 13

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly left the country amid an apparent coup

1:29 AM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump is calling for a new era of harmony in the Middle East

11:06 PM on Sunday, October 12

The Egyptian president says U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace proposal represents the “last chance” for peace in the region

11:00 PM on Sunday, October 12

Hamas has released all 20 remaining hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, ending two years of conflict in the Gaza Strip

9:01 PM on Sunday, October 12

Israel and Hamas have taken a significant step in the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza war by releasing hostages and prisoners