Politics & Government News

3:03 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Democratic lawmaker from Austin whose profile has risen with viral videos confronting right-wing policies is launching a long shot bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas

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

2:43 AM on Tuesday, September 9

A Hong Kong judge has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple’s parental recognition of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization in a landmark case

1:53 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s prime minister resigns following violent protests against ban on social media and government corruption

12:23 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup

11:56 PM on Monday, September 8

Vanuatu is not ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia due to concerns about potential restrictions on securing infrastructure funding from other countries

9:22 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech

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 AP-NORC poll finds that 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

8:48 PM on Monday, September 8

Virginia voters are set to choose their congressional candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly

7:29 PM on Monday, September 8

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

7:05 PM on Monday, September 8

Hong Kong lawmakers are set to debate a government-proposed framework to recognize same-sex partnerships

7:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal’s prime minister has resigned following violent protests against a ban on social media platforms and government corruption

5:45 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil

2:28 PM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

1:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing sharp criticism over the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

10:00 AM on Monday, September 8

The Czech Republic’s counterintelligence agency says it has broken up a spy network being built by Belarus

1:52 AM on Monday, September 8

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Bangkok after a surprise departure to Dubai last week

10:07 AM on Monday, August 25