Politics & Government News

8:35 AM on Sunday, October 5

Somali government forces have ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison near the president’s office in Mogadishu

4:14 AM on Sunday, October 5

Political leaders in Washington are spending much of their energy these days blaming the other party for what could be a significant government shutdown

1:40 AM on Sunday, October 5

At least five people were killed after Russia launched drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs at Ukraine overnight in a major attack that officials there said targeted civilian infrastructure

10:36 PM on Saturday, October 4

Severe rainfall in Nepal has triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, killing at least 44 people on Sunday

4:47 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland

4:43 PM on Saturday, October 4

Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon

3:17 PM on Saturday, October 4

Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general has been widely condemned for text messages from 2022 that revealed him suggesting that a prominent Republican get “two bullets to the head.”

1:52 PM on Saturday, October 4

Mexico’s Security Ministry says they have arrested an alleged local leader of the Tren de Aragua gang in Mexico City

1:19 PM on Saturday, October 4

More than 600 couples have married simultaneously in Asunción, Paraguay

1:04 PM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities once they turn 18

12:45 PM on Saturday, October 4

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: How does the shutdown impact National Guard troops

12:11 PM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard members to Chicago, where on the same day Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman they said tried to run them over

7:37 AM on Saturday, October 4

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival

6:42 AM on Saturday, October 4

A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

5:21 AM on Saturday, October 4

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change

4:40 AM on Saturday, October 4

A monumental Supreme Court term is set to begin with major tests of presidential power on the agenda

11:38 PM on Friday, October 3

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party seen as an obstacle to women’s advancement

6:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

3:05 PM on Friday, October 3

President Donald Trump is making plans for a significant aid package for U.S. soybean farmers

10:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December