Politics & Government News

7:25 AM on Thursday, October 30

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday pledged to strengthen ties between the neighbors, whose relations have long been strained by their bitter wartime history

7:23 AM on Thursday, October 30

A new AP-NORC poll finds that only 12% of U.S. adults support the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, while 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral

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China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing will work with the Trump administration to resolve issues related to TokTok's ownership

3:33 AM on Thursday, October 30

Votes are still being counted in the Netherlands after a tense election, leaving uncertainty about the future government

2:52 AM on Thursday, October 30

Far-right and centrist parties are in a virtual tie in Dutch election, according to near total vote count

12:20 AM on Thursday, October 30

Trump says tariffs on China are dropping from 57% to 47% after talks on fentanyl curbs with Xi Jinping

11:19 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces more than a dozen challengers as the Democrat seeks a third term

11:17 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Texans will vote on a large menu of constitutional amendments Tuesday

11:16 PM on Wednesday, October 29

Virginia will elect its first woman as governor as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin

11:15 PM on Wednesday, October 29

New Jersey voters will decide a competitive race for governor Tuesday in a contest that will be viewed through the prism of national politics regardless of who wins

11:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is pushing to build more homes to address the city's housing crisis

5:03 PM on Wednesday, October 29

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry

12:29 AM on Wednesday, October 29

Hurricane Melissa has left widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

11:20 PM on Tuesday, October 28

An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands’ general election suggested the result is too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

7:18 PM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine

4:35 PM on Sunday, October 26