Politics & Government News

10:55 AM on Saturday, October 11

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure US troops are paid on Wednesday despite the shutdown

8:59 AM on Saturday, October 11

7:20 AM on Saturday, October 11

Authorities in the Ivory Coast have arrested at least 237 people during a protest against what activists call the country's authoritarian drift

5:48 AM on Saturday, October 11

The cryptocurrency industry spent millions last year to unseat a longtime critic, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and install its allies in Washington

5:16 AM on Saturday, October 11

France’s newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu acknowledged that he might be able to stay in his job long given the country's deep political divides

4:36 AM on Saturday, October 11

Before white settlers came to Onondaga Lake and the city of Syracuse grew along its shore, it was a sacred place for the Onondaga Nation

4:24 AM on Saturday, October 11

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

9:08 PM on Friday, October 10

Venezuelans in the U.S. are welcoming the news that opposition leader leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Price

5:04 PM on Friday, October 10

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, easing concerns about funding during the government shutdown

4:45 PM on Friday, October 10

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has showcased his military's most powerful weapons at a massive parade attended by foreign leaders

3:58 PM on Friday, October 10

Authorities report that heavy rains in central and southeastern Mexico have caused flooding, leading to at least 28 deaths

2:41 PM on Friday, October 10

A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released

2:20 PM on Friday, October 10

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East

9:42 AM on Friday, October 10

Mass firings of federal workers have begun

7:41 AM on Friday, October 10

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year

5:26 AM on Friday, October 10

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues

2:31 AM on Friday, October 10

Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect on Friday

2:17 AM on Friday, October 10

The White House is responding bitterly to President Donald Trump being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize despite efforts from Republicans and world leaders

9:06 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," according to his physician, who evaluated him Friday

5:28 PM on Thursday, October 9

The United States has clashed with Venezuela and its allies at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council