Politics & Government News

10:46 PM on Friday, October 31

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote

10:38 PM on Friday, October 31

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

9:07 PM on Friday, October 31

A small company in Vermont that specializes in women's cycling apparel is at the center of the fight over President Donald Trump's contentious tariff policy

9:05 PM on Friday, October 31

Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey

9:02 PM on Friday, October 31

The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures

8:24 PM on Friday, October 31

7:20 PM on Friday, October 31

The chief of staff to President Javier Milei of Argentina has resigned, less than a week after the governing party won a new mandate to accelerate his program of radical reform in pivotal midterm elections

6:21 PM on Friday, October 31

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back against the Trump administration's investigation of cases that she brought against the president and National Rifle Association

5:12 PM on Friday, October 31

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum, as the world is relieved after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war

4:30 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump is returning to “60 Minutes” for an interview for the first time after settling a lawsuit this summer over the newsmagazine's interview with rival Kamala Harris

3:50 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being offset by falling sales abroad

2:57 PM on Friday, October 31

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980

1:38 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced

1:01 PM on Friday, October 31

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities are causing delays at airports as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark

10:47 AM on Friday, October 31

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ended under President Donald Trump

9:42 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster

6:45 AM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster

6:25 AM on Friday, October 31

Federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown

6:11 AM on Friday, October 31

Tens of thousands of students and other opponents of Serbia's populist president are gathering in the city of Novi Sad

12:13 AM on Friday, October 31

The president of a Republican-aligned think tank has defended Tucker Carlson after the conservative media personality offered a platform to a far-right activist known for pushing white nationalist and antisemitic views