Politics & Government News

3:49 PM on Sunday, August 31

Ukrainian officials have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of former parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy

3:02 PM on Sunday, August 31

Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died at 73

2:10 PM on Sunday, August 31

Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN White House correspondent and journalism dean, has died at 83

11:13 AM on Sunday, August 31

10:45 AM on Sunday, August 31

Judge blocks US government from removing group of Guatemalan children after some were loaded on planes at Texas airport

9:51 AM on Sunday, August 31

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago

9:42 AM on Sunday, August 31

Indonesia's president has pledged to revoke lawmakers’ perks, including a $3,000 housing allowance, to ease public anger after protests left six dead

6:21 AM on Sunday, August 31

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says Greenland is not for sale and criticizes U.S. intentions to control the Arctic territory

5:04 AM on Sunday, August 31

A new AP-NORC poll finds that while most Democrats disapprove of how Trump is handling the issue, a large majority, 68%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities

2:07 AM on Sunday, August 31

President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve’s governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank’s independence in decades

11:39 PM on Saturday, August 30

A Filipino priest who protested Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

9:58 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin

9:42 PM on Saturday, August 30

Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Sunday at the Venice Film Festival

9:11 PM on Saturday, August 30

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state has angered Israel and the U.S. Macron wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, emphasizing such a step would be key to Israel's security

9:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing

9:01 PM on Saturday, August 30

A Chinese philosophy student was deported from the United States after landing in Houston to study at the University of Houston

3:02 PM on Saturday, August 30

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

2:51 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to counter the Trump administration's plan to send federal officers into the city

2:38 PM on Saturday, August 30

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed Derek Dooley for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat in 2026

9:31 AM on Friday, August 29

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts