Politics & Government News

5:08 AM on Saturday, March 7

The U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have raised concerns among Democrats and others about diminishing American stockpiles of certain weapons

4:10 AM on Saturday, March 7

Pope Leo XIV named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States

10:04 PM on Friday, March 6

Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car

9:08 PM on Friday, March 6

Strict citizen voting requirements sought by President Donald Trump have stalled in the U.S. Senate

8:11 PM on Friday, March 6

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home

6:04 PM on Friday, March 6

California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is retiring, just three months after declaring, “I can hold this seat

5:40 PM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports

4:53 PM on Friday, March 6

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his “deplorable” actions

4:14 PM on Friday, March 6

A top Pentagon official says a fight with Anthropic centered on how the military could someday use artificial intelligence in autonomous weapons

4:12 PM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly

3:57 PM on Friday, March 6

A Latino grocery owner in Minnesota says Kristi Noem’s ousting does not undo the damage from the federal immigration crackdown

3:23 PM on Friday, March 6

A Pakistani business owner who tried to hire hit men to kill a U.S. politician has been convicted in a trial that showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil

3:22 PM on Friday, March 6

Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, a trailblazing Hawaii lawmaker and the first woman to lead the state Senate, has died at 74

3:07 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed

3:02 PM on Friday, March 6

The Food and Drug Administration’s controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency

11:13 AM on Friday, March 6

Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region

7:40 AM on Friday, March 6

Stranded Americans across the Middle East say they’ve been left to navigate flight cancellations and confusing government guidance on their own

1:02 AM on Friday, March 6

Hungary has temporarily detained seven Ukrainians working for a state bank and seized armored vehicles full of cash, setting off a sharp dispute with Kyiv

9:05 PM on Thursday, March 5

From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader

7:10 PM on Thursday, March 5

Explosions are sending up plumes of smoke in Iran's capital city as the United States says the most intense bombing of the weeklong campaign is coming