Politics & Government News

10:56 AM on Friday, August 29

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired

10:03 AM on Friday, August 29

A Texas measure would let private citizens sue doctors and others who provide abortion pills that end up in the state

9:14 AM on Friday, August 29

India and Japan have agreed to further expand ties and deepen cooperation in areas such as security, economy, clean energy and human resources

6:34 AM on Friday, August 29

The Mauritanian coast guard reports at least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a migrant boat capsized this week

6:27 AM on Friday, August 29

Mauritanian coast guard says at least 49 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week

3:48 AM on Friday, August 29

Thai court dismisses prime minister, ruling that her leaked phone call with Cambodian leader hurt the national interest

12:27 AM on Friday, August 29

Samoa went to the polls in a critical election that could decide the future of its first woman leader, prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa

11:04 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime

10:02 PM on Thursday, August 28

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo have been indicted as part of investigations into the administration of ousted President Yoon Suk-Yeol and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law

9:56 PM on Thursday, August 28

South Korean prosecutors indict the wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo

5:35 PM on Thursday, August 28

A national group of Latino public health leaders has announced the launch of a new research institute, which they say is a response to the hundreds of millions in federal funding cuts related to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

4:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity

2:21 PM on Thursday, August 28

The first Black mayor of an Alabama town has won election by a landslide, four years after he ran unopposed and white residents locked him out of the town hall

1:37 PM on Thursday, August 28

President Javier Milei of Argentina has fired back at his political opponents and defended his influential sister against claims that she and other close associates profited from a bribery scheme within the country’s disability agency

12:38 PM on Thursday, August 28

India and Canada have named new high commissioners to each other’s capitals Thursday as they restore relations 10 months after expelling their top envoys following an activist's assassination

12:19 PM on Thursday, August 28

The director of the U.N. World Food Program says it's “very evident” after a visit to Gaza that there is not enough food and that mothers and children are starving

8:59 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has asked a military base outside of Chicago for support on immigration operations

8:52 AM on Thursday, August 28

Florida could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting an airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees

8:29 AM on Thursday, August 28

Defense ministers from Japan and Britain have hailed their “deep strategic alignment” as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first port call in Tokyo

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Nigerian government has announced a six-month ban on the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material for making cosmetic products