Politics & Government News

6:24 PM on Thursday, March 19

Nicholas Haysom has died at 73

5:21 PM on Thursday, March 19

A reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee who contends she was wrongly held in a detention center for more than two weeks has been released

3:29 PM on Thursday, March 19

The Senate debate over voting legislation is airing out differences on voter ID

3:10 PM on Thursday, March 19

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diverging language on Israel’s decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the war against Iran

2:46 PM on Thursday, March 19

There's a small sign of progress in efforts to end the Homeland Security shutdown

2:43 PM on Thursday, March 19

A federal arts commission has approved the design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to celebrate America's 250th birthday

2:02 PM on Thursday, March 19

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created a new community safety office intended to shift some mental health crisis response away from police

1:22 PM on Thursday, March 19

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit an island whose power grid is crumbling

1:07 PM on Thursday, March 19

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal attorney testifies to a House committee that he was unaware of the late financier’s sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening

1:06 PM on Thursday, March 19

1:00 PM on Thursday, March 19

Two agents fired from the FBI last year say in a federal lawsuit they were terminated “solely” because of their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election

12:47 PM on Thursday, March 19

A second Republican leader in the Wisconsin Legislature has announced they will not seek reelection this fall

11:52 AM on Thursday, March 19

The wait times at airport security checkpoints have become a guessing game during the shutdown of a single U.S. government department

10:57 AM on Thursday, March 19

Within hours of explosive sexual abuse allegations against labor leader César Chavez, officials at a California university took swift action and covered a statue of him

7:58 AM on Thursday, March 19

Markwayne Mullin has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump’s next homeland security secretary

7:07 AM on Thursday, March 19

President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon

6:12 AM on Thursday, March 19

A senior administration official says the Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war

4:37 AM on Thursday, March 19

President Donald Trump says he knew oil prices would go up because of the Iran war as the conflict underscores the risks of his relentless focus on fossil fuels while pursuing what he calls American energy dominance

10:32 PM on Wednesday, March 18

European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the war

10:18 AM on Saturday, March 7