Politics & Government News

9:01 PM on Friday, March 13

Anti-Muslim rhetoric is on the rise among some Republican lawmakers

7:43 PM on Friday, March 13

An offshore wind project targeted by the Trump administration has begun sending power to New England’s electric grid

4:23 PM on Friday, March 13

The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening before visitors access the grounds

2:40 PM on Friday, March 13

The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028

2:12 PM on Friday, March 13

More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday after negotiations this week failed to result in many states joining a tentative settlement reached by the Justice Department

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

12:31 PM on Friday, March 13

A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism on Capitol Hill

10:47 AM on Friday, March 13

The U.S. is temporarily easing part of its sanctions measures on Russian oil, a reflection of global worries about sharply higher oil prices due to the Iran war

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

4:47 AM on Friday, March 13

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government has held recent talks with the U.S. His comments on Friday mark the first time the Caribbean country has confirmed speculation about active communication with the Trump administration which has been openly hostile toward the communist government

10:21 PM on Thursday, March 12

President Donald Trump says the U.S. bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network

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