Politics & Government News

7:53 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Kazakhstan’s top court has ruled that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev can seek another seven years in office after a referendum on the constitution reset term limits for the office

5:40 AM on Tuesday, July 7

A government-appointed county commissioner in South Sudan’s oil-rich Jonglei State has been killed by opposition forces, the government says

5:18 AM on Tuesday, July 7

5:18 AM on Tuesday, July 7

4:16 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."

3:05 AM on Tuesday, July 7

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who's facing an impeachment trial, says she expects to be “bloodied but unbowed” by the process

2:03 AM on Tuesday, July 7

A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing

10:05 PM on Monday, July 6

In Venezuela, a devastating earthquake on June 24 has left about 17,000 people homeless

6:30 PM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump and NATO leaders are meeting in Turkey for a summit focused on the alliance's future

3:48 PM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is claiming credit for Walmart's recent price cuts, though the retailer's statement doesn't mention his administration's involvement

1:27 PM on Monday, July 6

Planned Parenthood and two other abortion providers can resume billing Medicaid after an almost yearlong ban on federal funding expired

1:09 PM on Monday, July 6

Politico reports that a woman has accused Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault

10:10 AM on Monday, July 6

The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have proposed a pipeline to carry western Canadian oil to the country's east as Canada seeks new markets

9:56 AM on Monday, July 6

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Syria, becoming the first major Western leader to visit since Bashar al-Assad's ouster in 2024

8:57 AM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is taking credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued at the World Cup against the United States’ star forward but says he did not demand an outcome

6:34 AM on Monday, July 6

A five-day preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has begun in Utah

5:44 AM on Monday, July 6

President Donald Trump is responding to global outrage over his intervention with FIFA during the World Cup

1:24 AM on Monday, July 6

Clashes inside a prison near Sri Lanka’s capital have killed at least 25 people, mostly inmates, and injured over 100

9:18 PM on Sunday, July 5

King Charles III’s estranged son is traveling to the land of his birth for a series of charity engagements that begin Tuesday

9:17 PM on Sunday, July 5

A former campus police officer says he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a gravel rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated