Politics & Government News

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9:29 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A judge has rejected a challenge to two provisions of Georgia's election law related to absentee ballot applications

9:18 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Potential jurors have returned for a second day of screening in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump

9:01 AM on Tuesday, September 9

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s

7:40 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Israel has launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar, further widening its campaign against the militant group

7:27 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Michigan judge has dismissed the criminal cases against 15 people accused of acting falsely as electors for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election

7:22 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Michigan judge dismisses charges against people accused of acting as fake electors for President Donald Trump in 2020

6:26 AM on Tuesday, September 9

The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million in desperately needed funding to help nearly half a million people affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

6:26 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A House committee has released a collection of birthday messages sent to Jeffrey Epstein, featuring entries from two U.S. presidents, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton

5:48 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against 15 Republicans accused of trying to falsely certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election, saying that because they seriously believed him, there was no intent to commit fraud

5:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles

5:17 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Moldova's President Maia Sandu has warned that her country’s democracy faces a “race against time” from what she said was attempts by Russia to influence parliamentary election this month

5:03 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Prime Minister François Bayrou has resigned after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament

5:02 AM on Tuesday, September 9

2:57 AM on Tuesday, September 9

The top-elected official in Milwaukee County, who rose out of poverty in one of the state’s poorest neighborhoods, has launched a bid for Wisconsin governor

9:04 PM on Monday, September 8

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices is expected to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to stay in power illegally after his 2022 election defeat

9:01 PM on Monday, September 8

A new poll finds most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support

8:50 PM on Monday, September 8

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to take a crucial step to securing a second term when voters go to the polls

7:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal’s prime minister resigned as protests against a short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent

12:52 PM on Sunday, August 31

A month after Congress voted to strip public media of public money, PBS and NPR stations are working to cope — and survive