Politics & Government News

7:27 AM on Friday, September 25

The White House network video pool is back in operation

6:38 AM on Friday, September 25

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon

5:55 AM on Friday, September 25

New players hit the United Nations General Assembly sidelines this week as humanitarian groups searched for a counterweight to foreign aid cuts

5:45 AM on Friday, September 25

The European Union says it's ready to defend a 120 million euro fine issued to social media platform X

5:40 AM on Friday, September 25

5:32 AM on Friday, September 25

President Donald Trump will take Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance

5:25 AM on Friday, September 25

Italy’s second-busiest airport has been officially named after the late former Premier Silvio Berlusconi

5:00 AM on Friday, September 25

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces scrutiny from congressional Democrats over ethics disclosures

4:57 AM on Friday, September 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to urge China to influence Russia to ends its invasion of Ukraine

4:00 AM on Friday, September 25

Senator Ted Cruz targeted Muslim Americans at the recent Republican midterm convention, declaring that Sharia law “has no place in America.”

2:59 AM on Friday, September 25

U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., has impressed the Chinese public

2:55 AM on Friday, September 25

Word of an offer from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program is emerging from the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly

2:19 AM on Friday, September 25

Final results of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election show that the Kremlin has further cemented its political control of the country

1:14 AM on Friday, September 25

Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him as he responded a question about the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House by affirming the importance of journalists covering public figures

11:20 PM on Thursday, September 24

Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, calling it a temporary emergency measure

11:04 PM on Thursday, September 24

Governments across Europe are using subsidies, taxes, and policy changes to help their economies, companies and aggrieved citizens weather an energy crisis caused by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East

10:28 PM on Thursday, September 24

The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza

9:00 PM on Thursday, September 24

President Donald Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to the National Archives to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance

8:15 PM on Thursday, September 24

Olena Kalynychenko is among thousands missing after devastating floods hit the Nepal-China border

10:04 AM on Thursday, September 24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump has cooled as they disagree on how to handle the conflict with Iran