Politics & Government News

8:26 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Brazil’s top electoral court has set new standards for identifying AI-generated deepfakes in political ads

8:04 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a U.S. territory

6:59 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is not backing away from the West as it seeks deeper ties with the East as he returns from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

5:02 AM on Wednesday, September 2

3:16 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Officials say Russian aerial attacks have killed two civilians and wounded six in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro

12:13 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The European Union is grappling with how to respond to an attempted drone attack at a German airport blamed on Russia

5:06 PM on Tuesday, September 1

President Donald Trump says he’s nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job

4:54 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the school system in Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies on transgender students

4:48 PM on Tuesday, September 1

A judge in Honduras has dismissed the fraud and money laundering case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández

4:46 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Vice President JD Vance says that if a 2024 assassination attempt had killed Donald Trump, he would have always wondered if it was part of a conspiracy and might not have accepted even another Republican as the next president

3:15 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The House has censured Rep. Chuck Edwards after an Ethics Committee investigation concluded he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers in his office

1:53 PM on Tuesday, September 1

The Justice Department says it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas

12:24 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of “cheap exports” that cause global economic imbalances, but China dissented

9:56 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said

9:52 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”

8:46 AM on Tuesday, September 1

The German government has blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives

5:45 AM on Tuesday, September 1

The U.S. military has struck targets in Iran, leading Tehran to respond with missile and drone fire as hostilities ignited once again

5:08 AM on Tuesday, September 1

A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter

11:23 PM on Monday, August 31

Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya is preparing for a visit by the USS Abraham Lincoln, as the aircraft carrier makes its way back to the U.S. following a grueling deployment in the Middle East

9:05 PM on Monday, August 31

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office