Politics & Government News

6:05 PM on Saturday, October 25

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since the 1990s

4:39 PM on Saturday, October 25

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israel, the U.S. and the other mediators of the Gaza ceasefire deal are sharing information to disrupt any threats and that allowed them to identify a possible impending attack last weekend

2:04 PM on Saturday, October 25

1:46 PM on Saturday, October 25

President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario

1:40 PM on Saturday, October 25

Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra tariffs for not pulling down anti-tariff ad sooner

1:17 PM on Saturday, October 25

President Donald Trump plans to try to boost his image as an international dealmaker by finalizing a trade agreement with Malaysia and overseeing an expanded ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand

11:55 AM on Saturday, October 25

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that more than two dozen people have been indicted on drug-related charges as part of a yearslong investigation into a gang in Philadelphia

11:47 AM on Saturday, October 25

A federal judge has ruled that the detention of a Chicago man by immigration authorities is illegal

10:58 AM on Saturday, October 25

Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House

10:35 AM on Saturday, October 25

U.N. officials say Iran-backed Houthi rebels have intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in Yemen, detaining two additional workers

10:14 AM on Saturday, October 25

Every October, there's a week when Europe and the U.S. are out of sync with daylight saving time, potentially confusing people organizing international meetings

9:12 AM on Saturday, October 25

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro says the U.S. is “fabricating” a war against him as the world’s biggest warship approaches the South American country, while moving to revoke the citizenship of an opponent who he accuses of egging on an invasion

6:14 AM on Saturday, October 25

The government shutdown is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government

5:03 AM on Saturday, October 25

Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested as protests rage over the presidential election results

3:34 AM on Saturday, October 25

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival

12:12 AM on Saturday, October 25

Officials say Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday have killed at least four people and wounded 20

10:37 PM on Friday, October 24

Votes are being counted in Ivory Coast after citizens cast their ballots to elect a new leader

9:02 PM on Friday, October 24

Polling places open Saturday for in-person voting in two of the year’s most closely watched elections: The New York City mayor’s race and the contest to pick New Jersey’s next governor

9:01 PM on Friday, October 24

The rights of trans youth could be a factor Virginia’s 2025 gubernatorial election and legislative control in Richmond

5:00 PM on Friday, October 24

President Donald Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip since taking office in January