Politics & Government News

10:36 PM on Thursday, October 9

A U.S. peace plan has propelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the forefront of efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

10:12 PM on Thursday, October 9

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

8:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later

7:36 PM on Thursday, October 9

Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation

7:31 PM on Thursday, October 9

New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes

6:11 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump and his administration have described Portland, Oregon, as a city under siege by antifa, labeling it a war zone

5:38 PM on Thursday, October 9

Cindy McCain has suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering well

4:53 PM on Thursday, October 9

Youth-led protesters in Morocco returned to the streets on Thursday to flex their strength a day before King Mohammed VI is expected to address their grievances in an annual speech at parliament

4:25 PM on Thursday, October 9

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

4:19 PM on Thursday, October 9

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

3:18 PM on Thursday, October 9

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C., have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall

1:33 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done

12:02 PM on Thursday, October 9

Ecuador faces intense unrest as striking bus drivers and farmers protest the government's diesel price hike

11:36 AM on Thursday, October 9

After months of gridlock in the Middle East, there was a turning point in talks on the Israel-Hamas conflict

9:39 AM on Thursday, October 9

About 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo

5:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

4:06 AM on Thursday, October 9

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger have faced off on the debate stage in Virginia’s high-stakes governor's race

10:44 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois

4:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

1:50 PM on Monday, September 29

National Guard troops won’t be allowed to patrol the streets of Chicago for two weeks