Politics & Government News

1:50 PM on Friday, March 13

Georgia lawmakers pressed former special prosecutor Nathan Wade about contact his team had with federal investigators while pursuing an election interference case against President Donald Trump

1:46 PM on Friday, March 13

California election officials are investigating whether signature collectors in San Francisco illegally offered to pay people to sign ballot petitions using false names

1:38 PM on Friday, March 13

The inclusion of Russia in the line-up of the 2026 Venice Biennale art fair has sparked international outcry

1:28 PM on Friday, March 13

Richard Grenell is stepping down as president of the Kennedy Center after leading changes that drive artists away

1:16 PM on Friday, March 13

A federal order has sought to expand capacity at a proposed immigration detention center in Arizona

1:04 PM on Friday, March 13

Families of Colombians imprisoned in Venezuela gathered at a Colombia-Venezuela bridge hoping to appeal for the release of their relatives during a meeting that never happened

1:02 PM on Friday, March 13

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed weakening air pollution limits for a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment

12:33 PM on Friday, March 13

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are accusing each other of violating terms of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending decades-long fighting and bringing a permanent peace in the conflict-battered region

12:19 PM on Friday, March 13

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders that aim to make housing and mortgages more affordable

11:12 AM on Friday, March 13

Texas is pushing a massive power-line buildout to keep the Permian Basin’s oil boom running, but a new route fight is slowing it

11:01 AM on Friday, March 13

Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation that would make UFO reports available for research

10:18 AM on Friday, March 13

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terminating the contractor running its largest detention facility and putting in charge another firm tasked with improving medical care and other services

10:09 AM on Friday, March 13

Ethiopia has declared three days of mourning as the death toll following landslides climbs to 80

10:09 AM on Friday, March 13

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has revoked the visa of a U

9:52 AM on Friday, March 13

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia

7:52 AM on Friday, March 13

France has returned a looted sacred talking drum to Ivory Coast, marking the first official restitution of precious artifacts from France to the west African nation after they were looted during the colonial era

7:00 AM on Friday, March 13

6:50 AM on Friday, March 13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine

4:30 AM on Friday, March 13

China has sharply reduced its warplane flights near Taiwan and analysts aren't sure why

3:12 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month