Politics & Government News

1:52 PM on Saturday, October 4

Mexico’s Security Ministry says they have arrested an alleged local leader of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City

1:19 PM on Saturday, October 4

More than 600 couples have married simultaneously in Asunción, Paraguay

1:04 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities once they turn 18

12:45 PM on Saturday, October 4

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: How does the shutdown impact National Guard troops

12:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, according to Democratic Gov_ JB Pritzker, who called the move “absolutely outrageous and un-American.”

12:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump administration gave 'ultimatum' and plans to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members

10:46 AM on Saturday, October 4

Georgia's police have used water cannons and pepper spray to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace

9:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

Both Israel and now Hamas have signaled support for the new U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza and release all remaining hostages there

9:50 AM on Saturday, October 4

Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show

8:35 AM on Saturday, October 4

Mysterious drone flights over the airspace of European Union member countries in recent weeks have alarmed the public and elected officials

7:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

6:42 AM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

5:57 AM on Saturday, October 4

Pakistani authorities have reached a peace agreement with a civil rights alliance, ending days of violent protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

5:21 AM on Saturday, October 4

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change

5:19 AM on Saturday, October 4

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

2:44 AM on Saturday, October 4

Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš has won a parliamentary election, marking a political comeback

11:38 PM on Friday, October 3

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

9:02 PM on Friday, October 3

Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk

1:41 PM on Friday, October 3

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online in discussing the shutdown

7:52 PM on Sunday, September 28