Politics & Government News

5:42 AM on Wednesday, September 23

5:42 AM on Wednesday, September 23

5:37 AM on Wednesday, September 23

An international media watchdog says that journalists in Serbia are increasingly under threat of violence and hostility ahead of a high-stakes early parliamentary election that will test populist President Aleksandar Vucic’s rule

4:46 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Opening day at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package that added to the chaotic scene around U.N. headquarters in New York

3:23 AM on Wednesday, September 23

A new survey points to economic frustration among a key group that has largely backed Donald Trump and other Republicans in recent elections

3:13 AM on Wednesday, September 23

The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries worldwide

2:03 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence

1:17 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Cambodia’s prime minister says the country had eradicated the large-scale scam compounds it became known for globally, without providing significant new evidence

12:36 AM on Wednesday, September 23

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has dissolved his country’s transitional government ahead of upcoming elections

12:03 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Taiwan is expressing confidence that U.S. arms sales to the island will continue despite China's pressure as China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump

11:16 PM on Tuesday, September 22

Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming trip to France highlights the country's strict secularism, known as “laïcité.”

9:11 PM on Tuesday, September 22

President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex

5:17 PM on Tuesday, September 22

President David Adeang has reiterated his island nation’s name change before the world’s largest gathering of leaders at the United Nations

3:33 PM on Tuesday, September 22

1:56 PM on Tuesday, September 22

President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House

1:40 PM on Tuesday, September 22

A Canadian provincial premier has called a snap election, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada are threatening jobs, businesses and the country’s ability to determine its own future

1:08 PM on Tuesday, September 22

NATO's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies

8:40 AM on Tuesday, September 22

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic

10:13 PM on Monday, September 21

President Donald Trump’s interest in taking control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, first became publicly known in 2019, but was dismissed as absurd by Denmark's leader

12:40 PM on Wednesday, September 9