Politics & Government News

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 11

States are setting new rules for cash purchases after the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies and the 1-cent coins get scarcer

5:09 PM on Wednesday, March 11

4:29 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Senators are venting their frustrations about the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as travelers endure long lines at airports

4:16 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The Trump administration is opening a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries

3:43 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A U_N_-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U_S_ President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to “grave human rights violations.”

3:07 PM on Wednesday, March 11

President Donald Trump is weighing an endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate runoff, and some state party members say he risks backing the wrong candidate

1:46 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America’s closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border

1:44 PM on Wednesday, March 11

President Donald Trump and members of his administration are claiming that former President Jimmy Carter was against the use of mail-in and absentee ballots, citing a bipartisan 2005 report from the Commission on Federal Election Reform co-chaired by Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker

1:13 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Among dozens of companies competing for Pentagon contracts to supply attack drones, one stands out: Powerus, flush with cash and ballooning in size as it buys up rivals

11:53 AM on Wednesday, March 11

11:11 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Ecuador's interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States

9:51 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate voters

9:50 AM on Wednesday, March 11

South Africa says the new U.S. ambassador has been summoned to explain his criticism of the country’s policies

4:48 AM on Wednesday, March 11

The International Energy Agency has agreed to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East

4:02 AM on Wednesday, March 11

When it comes to the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another

2:00 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Documents released by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” in appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

9:54 PM on Tuesday, March 10

Far-right leader José Antonio Kast has been sworn in as Chile’s president in the nation’s most pronounced rightward shift since the return of democracy in 1990

9:03 PM on Tuesday, March 10

President Donald Trump used a swing through Ohio and Kentucky to push an economic message and attack fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie — even as the conflict in Iran threatened to overshadow all else

2:12 PM on Tuesday, March 10

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures

2:58 PM on Monday, March 9

A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices