Politics & Government News

12:07 PM on Friday, October 17

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated and the head of a Haitian gang

11:59 AM on Friday, October 17

Current and former FEMA staff have gathered for a “FEMA Solidarity Rally” outside the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday

11:12 AM on Friday, October 17

Trump confirms US strike on alleged 'drug-carrying submarine,' doesn't share plans for survivors

10:43 AM on Friday, October 17

Zelenskyy says with Gaza ceasefire Trump now has 'momentum' to stop Russia-Ukraine conflict

10:42 AM on Friday, October 17

The five remaining universities that have not announced a decision on President Donald Trump’s higher-education compact have been asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to two people familiar with the matter

10:25 AM on Friday, October 17

New York’s Republican State Committee has suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers

10:10 AM on Friday, October 17

Portugal's parliament has approved a bill banning face veils worn for gender or religious reasons in public

9:59 AM on Friday, October 17

9:44 AM on Friday, October 17

Wall Street is concerned about the health of the nation’s regional banks, after a few of them wrote off bad loans to commercial customers in the last two weeks

9:18 AM on Friday, October 17

Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic candidates Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger for governor in New Jersey and Virginia

9:04 AM on Friday, October 17

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has turned himself in to federal authorities in Maryland and pleaded not guilty after being indicted on charges of keeping top secret documents at his home and sharing classified information with family members

8:46 AM on Friday, October 17

The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer

7:44 AM on Friday, October 17

People in Russia and Ukraine are not expecting major breakthroughs in ending their war at an upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

5:02 AM on Friday, October 17

Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia are about to be flown back home

4:54 AM on Friday, October 17

President Donald Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks at the White House

4:39 AM on Friday, October 17

John Bolton has pleaded not guilty in the Justice Department case accusing him of sharing classified information

3:10 AM on Friday, October 17

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

12:16 AM on Friday, October 17

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has celebrated his country's role as the host for upcoming talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin

9:03 PM on Thursday, October 16

President Donald Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks at the White House on Friday

9:02 PM on Thursday, October 16

Legal experts say U.S. strikes against alleged members of Latin American drug cartels are pushing the bounds of international law