Politics & Government News

4:14 AM on Friday, September 12

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has appeared in a prison courtroom over claims he fraudulently obtained his university diploma

4:04 AM on Friday, September 12

Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives will once again be at stake Tuesday in a special election to replace Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic state House speaker who was slain along with her husband at their home in June

3:33 AM on Friday, September 12

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is willing to risk a government shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accept Democratic demands on health care

3:33 AM on Friday, September 12

In AP interview, Schumer warns of government shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ demands on health care

3:23 AM on Friday, September 12

In the years since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO has focused on defending its own territory first and resisted lower-level harassment from Russia, like acts of sabotage and intimidation

3:12 AM on Friday, September 12

France says its is deploying fighter jets to Poland, and the UK has announced new sanctions against Russia

2:51 AM on Friday, September 12

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama says his new cabinet will include an artificial intelligence “minister” in charge of fighting corruption

2:11 AM on Friday, September 12

Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London against a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko

2:09 AM on Friday, September 12

Lebanon has granted a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country

12:03 AM on Friday, September 12

A government-appointed envoy says anti-Muslim incidents have skyrocketed across Australia since the Israel-Hamas war began two years ago

Friday, September 12

11:30 PM on Thursday, September 11

A plane carrying more than 300 South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia has landed in South Korea

11:00 PM on Thursday, September 11

Federal and state investigators are appealing for the public's help in finding the person who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk

7:02 PM on Thursday, September 11

5:37 PM on Thursday, September 11

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup to stay in office after losing his reelection bid in 2022

5:01 PM on Thursday, September 11

President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown

10:16 AM on Thursday, September 11

Security experts are questioning the protection provided to Charlie Kirk at the Utah college where he was fatally shot

9:04 AM on Thursday, September 11

8:23 AM on Thursday, September 11

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat

2:05 PM on Wednesday, September 10