Politics & Government News

1:46 PM on Friday, October 10

The former superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska retired late last year, but the board said he would be staying on in an as-needed advising capacity to the new superintendent through June

1:13 PM on Friday, October 10

France's Macron reappoints recently resigned Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister to try again to form a government

12:14 PM on Friday, October 10

The Oregon Health Authority has notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health care services to people in the 90 days before they were to leave jail or prison

11:07 AM on Friday, October 10

The U.N. human rights chief says fighting in western Sudan has killed at least 53 civilians and wounded over 60 others

10:56 AM on Friday, October 10

Vice President JD Vance has met with Republican state lawmakers in Indiana as the White House continues to press the state on redistricting

10:34 AM on Friday, October 10

Bill Pulte has become a significant player in the Trump administration

10:09 AM on Friday, October 10

S&P 500 drops 2% and Wall Street's calm shatters after President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs on China

10:05 AM on Friday, October 10

Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza have started moving north toward their homes, or what remains of them, after a ceasefire agreement came into effect

9:38 AM on Friday, October 10

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started as White House exerts shutdown leverage

9:04 AM on Friday, October 10

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

9:01 AM on Friday, October 10

Two young Republican groups have challenged the 2020 census results in a Florida federal court

8:24 AM on Friday, October 10

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding

8:17 AM on Friday, October 10

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel prize, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year

8:14 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

8:10 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says 8 kids displaced by Russia-Ukraine war are reunited with families after ongoing talks with Putin (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported it was 8 Ukrainian children)

7:38 AM on Friday, October 10

Dutch far right politician Geert Wilders says he’s suspending campaigning for national elections later this month amid reports that he was a possible target of a suspected plot in Belgium to kill politicians using a drone carrying explosives

5:13 AM on Friday, October 10

Turkey and Iraq have discussed cooperation on water sharing amid worsening drought conditions

4:35 AM on Friday, October 10

House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Speaker Mike Johnson

4:17 AM on Friday, October 10

A ceasefire has taken effect in Gaza under a breakthrough deal

11:47 PM on Thursday, October 9

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, to try again to form a government in a bid to end the country’s political deadlock