Politics & Government News

3:04 PM on Sunday, October 12

France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and staining the country’s image

3:00 PM on Sunday, October 12

France's newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu names a new Cabinet in bid to quell political turmoil

12:20 PM on Sunday, October 12

Vice President JD Vance is warning of deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on

10:29 AM on Sunday, October 12

A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers

8:24 AM on Sunday, October 12

His health declined at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington

7:41 AM on Sunday, October 12

Voters in Portugal have cast ballots in local elections, focusing on the mayoral race in Lisbon

7:27 AM on Sunday, October 12

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter

7:19 AM on Sunday, October 12

An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country's president says

7:01 AM on Sunday, October 12

Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress

6:03 AM on Sunday, October 12

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago

3:03 AM on Sunday, October 12

Kosovo is holding municipal elections on Sunday, with the left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje

2:17 AM on Sunday, October 12

Cameroon has voted in an election that could extend Africa’s oldest leader’s rule by another seven years

11:29 PM on Saturday, October 11

President Donald Trump says China should take a less confrontational approach to his threatened new tariffs, but he's not retreating from his demands

10:15 PM on Saturday, October 11

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on the trading route to China

9:46 PM on Saturday, October 11

Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace

12:28 AM on Saturday, October 11

Official results show that opposition leader Patrick Herminie has won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in Saturday’s runoff vote

11:05 PM on Friday, October 10

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

11:01 PM on Friday, October 10

New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno is the city's next mayor

1:58 PM on Friday, October 10

9:17 PM on Tuesday, October 7