Politics & Government News

3:00 PM on Sunday, September 6

Campaign officials say an armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people

1:21 PM on Sunday, September 6

Mexican authorities say at least 10 people died and another 64 were injured when pyrotechnic material exploded during a patron saint festival in a town in the State of Mexico

7:30 AM on Sunday, September 6

The Trump administration is renewing its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms

4:42 AM on Sunday, September 6

An acrimonious trade war between the United States and Canada is threatening to reinforce the resolve of Canadians who stopped visiting the U.S. last year

4:30 AM on Sunday, September 6

Antonella Molina and her nephew Pedro are searching for 18-year-old Andres Molina in La Guaira, Venezuela

4:23 AM on Sunday, September 6

The political landscape in the U.S. is volatile as the final midterm of President Donald Trump's presidency approaches

2:35 AM on Sunday, September 6

The U_S_ military has denied Iran’s claim to have struck an unmanned American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “total lie.”

12:53 AM on Sunday, September 6

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner say they have held encouraging talks in Kyiv

11:08 PM on Saturday, September 5

The far-right Alternative for Germany is projected to win a strong victory in a regional election

9:01 PM on Saturday, September 5

Gavin Newsom’s secret is no secret here in South Carolina

6:09 PM on Saturday, September 5

Japan’s Prince Hisahito has turned 20 while facing growing attention as a future monarch

5:16 PM on Saturday, September 5

The University of Florida revived its “gator bait” cheer during the team's season opener, bringing it back more than six years after the school banned it because of “horrific historic racist imagery” associated with the phrase

12:23 PM on Saturday, September 5

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised more than 2 billion euros or $2.3 billion in tax cuts, salary increases and other support measures before Greece’s general election next year

10:47 AM on Saturday, September 5

President Donald Trump's political group is spending $10 million on ads in the Texas Senate race

10:10 AM on Saturday, September 5

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center is blaming “decades of neglect” for causing part of the ceiling to collapse in the performing arts venue's grand foyer

8:24 AM on Saturday, September 5

Guyana’s government has received six deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program

7:40 AM on Saturday, September 5

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Croatia in an environmental demonstration

7:11 AM on Saturday, September 5

President Donald Trump has been promising an economic boom, but Friday's positive jobs report left him frustrated

2:11 AM on Saturday, September 5

Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters have blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France

11:48 AM on Tuesday, August 25