Politics & Government News

7:53 AM on Thursday, September 4

South Africa is asking China to postpone naval exercises that would have brought Chinese and Russian warships to South African waters around the time the country hosts a Group of 20 summit in November

7:45 AM on Thursday, September 4

French president says 26 countries have pledged troops for a reassurance force for Ukraine after fighting ends

6:10 AM on Thursday, September 4

Iran said it has downgraded its relation with Australia a week after its ambassador left the country over accusations that Tehran was behind antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne

6:00 AM on Thursday, September 4

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5:04 AM on Thursday, September 4

Two years ago Gregory Bovino was relieved of command of the Border Patrol’s El Centro, California, sector and encouraged to retire

5:01 AM on Thursday, September 4

The Border Patrol agent leading immigration enforcement in Los Angeles was removed from his position in 2023 under President Joe Biden

3:27 AM on Thursday, September 4

SiriusXM is giving a national boost to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's podcast, announcing it will begin distributing it and host Beshear for a regular call-in show on the satellite radio network

2:11 AM on Thursday, September 4

An earthquake that killed more than 3,800 people in Myanmar in March unfolded as the country was already mired in a civil war, in which armed militias and pro-democracy forces are fighting the military-led government that seized power from a democratically elected government

9:17 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main opposition candidate concedes

9:04 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Gov. Ron DeSantis claims the 2020 census numbers for Florida need fixing to grant the state another congressional seat

7:11 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration is taking the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law

5:02 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence

4:33 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

1:04 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

11:19 AM on Wednesday, September 3

President Trump suggests New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime

11:05 AM on Wednesday, September 3

President Donald Trump is justifying the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out a day earlier against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels

5:48 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has secured a third term following a tight race on an island shaken by corruption, inequity and economic concerns

3:53 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million

3:41 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Graham Linehan's arrest in Britain over social media posts about transgender people has sparked a debate about free speech