Politics & Government News

9:27 AM on Tuesday, September 16

After a late-night vote and last-minute ruling, the Federal Reserve began a key meeting on interest rate policy Tuesday with both a new Trump administration appointee and an official the White House has targeted for removal

9:08 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A man has been arrested for flying a drone near Windsor Castle the day before U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit

7:53 AM on Tuesday, September 16

King Willem-Alexander has called for a return to a culture of compromise in the Netherlands as the country prepares for its fourth general election in less than nine years

7:45 AM on Tuesday, September 16

7:36 AM on Tuesday, September 16

A South African court has denied former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's family's appeal to bury him in South Africa

7:10 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he’ll seek reelection to a third term in the 2026 elections

7:05 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate, says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor

7:00 AM on Tuesday, September 16

6:37 AM on Tuesday, September 16

FBI Director Kash Patel is confronting skeptical Democrats at a Senate hearing Tuesday, touting his leadership of the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency and facing questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killing, the case against sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the firings of senior FBI officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution

6:28 AM on Tuesday, September 16

6:27 AM on Tuesday, September 16

6:10 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Georgia’s highest court has declined to consider Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ appeal of her removal from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others

5:26 AM on Tuesday, September 16

The Taliban leader has banned fibre optic internet in Afghanistan's Balkh province to “prevent immorality,” according to a spokesman for the administration

1:50 AM on Tuesday, September 16

Ghanaian authorities insist on their claim that the group of 14 African immigrants deported to Ghana by the U.S. have been returned to their home countries

11:23 PM on Monday, September 15

The New York Times says President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against it and four of its journalists “lacks any legitimate legal claims."

10:06 PM on Monday, September 15

FBI Director Kash Patel is touting his leadership of the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency at a congressional hearing likely to be dominated by questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killing and the recent firings of senior FBI officials

10:04 PM on Monday, September 15

A private school founded by a Hawaiian princess gives admissions preference to Native Hawaiian applicants

10:04 PM on Monday, September 15

U_S_ President Donald Trump is heading to the United Kingdom, where he'll become the first U_S_ president to get a second state visit to the U_K_ As Trump left the White House on Tuesday, he noted that during his past state visit he was hosted at Buckingham Palace and this time he'll be at Windsor Castle, which he says people call “the ultimate.”

10:02 PM on Monday, September 15

A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation

10:02 PM on Monday, September 15

Prosecutors are looking at filing a capital murder charge against the Utah man jailed in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk