Politics & Government News

2:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Spring break travelers are facing unpredictable lines at airport security as the partial U.S. government shutdown strains TSA staffing

1:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Five European nations have banded together on Wednesday, seeking an urgent solution for an unmanned Russian tanker currently drifting in the Mediterranean they say poses risk of an environmental catastrophe, the office of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says

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12:30 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Leaders in Corpus Christi, Texas, warn the city is closing in on emergency water restrictions as reservoirs drop and demand keeps rising

12:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A man has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for an election petition scandal that spoiled the candidacies of five Republicans who were running for Michigan governor in 2022

12:10 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall

12:09 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Politicians and women’s rights activists in Zambia are warning that there is a trend of female election candidates being asked for sexual favors by senior male party officials in exchange for support

11:53 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio

11:35 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in election methods

10:30 AM on Wednesday, March 18

President Emmanuel Macron has named France’s next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier France Libre, or Free France, framing it as a symbol of independence and military power

9:34 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.N.'s agency for children says it will investigate claims from Israel's military that one of its shipments into Gaza smuggled tobacco products into the strip

8:56 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics

7:01 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company

6:26 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rising energy costs caused by the Iran war have forced Egypt to hike fuel and cooking gas prices, hitting the country's already struggling poor and middle classes hard

4:42 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Attacks on a town along Sudan’s border with Chad have killed at least 17 people and injured 123, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said

4:03 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Markwayne Mullin says he'd be a steady hand at the Department of Homeland Security if he's confirmed as secretary

4:21 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A judge threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s office to answer his questions under oath

2:04 PM on Friday, March 13

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act

1:03 PM on Friday, March 13

The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship