Politics & Government News

5:03 AM on Thursday, November 20

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term

5:01 AM on Thursday, November 20

When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground

5:01 AM on Thursday, November 20

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3:43 AM on Thursday, November 20

The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors is demanding Iran fully cooperate and provide the agency's inspectors with “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, and also grant them access to the country’s nuclear sites

2:42 AM on Thursday, November 20

George Washington enters the matchup against Georgetown as losers of three in a row

2:30 AM on Thursday, November 20

1:06 AM on Thursday, November 20

A Philippine court has convicted a dismissed town mayor, who officials say is Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam complex where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign workers where forced to conduct scams

11:46 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for elections but says it won’t apply to the polls being held early next year

9:59 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Washington state’s governor is declaring an emergency to ensure adequate fuel is delivered to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after a leak shut down a major fuel pipeline

9:06 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration

7:35 PM on Wednesday, November 19

A planned trip to Taiwan by Panamanian lawmakers has sparked a diplomatic spat with China

7:15 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week

7:07 PM on Wednesday, November 19

Larry Summers, once a prominent figure in Washington and academia, has stepped back from his teaching post at Harvard University

6:26 PM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

6:02 PM on Wednesday, November 19

An anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula is blocking foreigners from public health clinics in South Africa

4:25 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The House Ethics Committee has announced that a panel will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla

3:39 PM on Wednesday, November 19

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge

10:22 AM on Wednesday, November 19

Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during an immigration crackdown in North Carolina centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city

6:25 AM on Wednesday, November 19

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning