Politics & Government News

7:05 AM on Tuesday, September 9

An Associated Press analysis reveals that survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are waiting longer for federal aid

7:01 AM on Tuesday, September 9

President Trump is taking longer to approve disaster aid than prior US presidents of either party, AP analysis finds

7:00 AM on Tuesday, September 9

7:00 AM on Tuesday, September 9

6:31 AM on Tuesday, September 9

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver a major state of the union speech on the challenges facing the world’s biggest trading bloc and laying out her vision for tackling them

6:14 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Egyptian state media reports prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah may be released from prison through a presidential pardon

6:08 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Two Philippine senators have been implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving flood-control projects

5:35 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

5:03 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic lawmaker from Austin whose profile has risen with viral videos confronting right-wing policies is launching a long shot bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas

4:43 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Hong Kong judge has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple’s parental recognition of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization in a landmark case

3:53 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s prime minister resigns following violent protests against ban on social media and government corruption

2:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup

1:56 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Vanuatu is not ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia due to concerns about potential restrictions on securing infrastructure funding from other countries

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

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

9:05 PM on Monday, September 8

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

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

12:00 PM on Monday, September 8

The Czech Republic’s counterintelligence agency says it has broken up a spy network being built by Belarus

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

12:07 PM on Monday, August 25