Politics & Government News

8:42 PM on Wednesday, October 8

7:15 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Senate Republicans vote down Democratic effort to curb Trump’s use of war powers against drug cartels

7:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A Canadian government official familiar with the matter says Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project during his White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week

7:01 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Netanyahu and Trump spoke about the 'historic achievement' of reaching Gaza deal, Israeli leader's office says

6:37 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has indicated there are "signs" that a recent U.S. military boat attack off Venezuela killed Colombian citizens

6:21 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The head of a U.N. body established to determine what happened to potentially hundreds of thousands of people missing in Syria says it's essential to find a way to work together with a new Syrian commission

5:56 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The World Health Organization says an Ebola outbreak in southern Congo is starting to be contained

5:54 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel, Hamas reach agreement on 'first phase' of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says

5:37 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers in the next several months to evacuate far-flung global hotspots as a result of the latest U.S. funding cuts to the world body

5:31 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected

5:30 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A Democratic running for California governor nearly cut off a TV interview after a tense back-and-forth with a reporter

5:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system

4:10 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified

4:03 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Costa Rica has put forward diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate for U.N. secretary-general

3:16 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels

2:10 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The leader of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to join the state legislature

7:29 AM on Wednesday, October 8

President Donald Trump said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago

11:11 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli have repeatedly clashed during their second and final debate in the closely watched race for New Jersey governor

11:04 PM on Tuesday, October 7

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

6:55 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day