Politics & Government News

12:39 AM on Wednesday, March 4

South Africa is mourning anti-apartheid veteran and former defense minister Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, who has died at 77 after a long illness

9:13 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Millions of Nepalis are preparing to vote in a high-stakes parliamentary election shaped by last year’s youth-led uprising

7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3

4:52 PM on Tuesday, March 3

States across the country are pushing to cut property taxes as homeowners complain about rising bills

4:40 PM on Tuesday, March 3

A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties led to mass voter confusion that eventually led to a state supreme court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised

4:27 PM on Tuesday, March 3

California's top Democrat has a message for his party's candidates who are lagging in the race for governor: If you can't win, get out of the race

4:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3

China’s ceremonial parliament meets in Beijing this week as leaders use the event to set policy and economic goals

3:54 PM on Tuesday, March 3

A lawmaker says a large immigration detention camp in Texas is closed to visitors and attorneys due to a measles outbreak

2:23 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran

1:36 PM on Tuesday, March 3

President Donald Trump says “someone from within” the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power once the U.S.-Israel military campaign is completed

12:08 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war

11:07 AM on Tuesday, March 3

After abandoning its efforts to enforce executive orders targeting some of the world’s top law firms, President Donald Trump's administration has abruptly reversed course and said it'll proceed with the court fight

10:44 AM on Tuesday, March 3

A federal judge has clashed with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted growing confrontations between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials

8:18 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Robert De Niro was a featured guest Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall, where he recited Abraham Lincoln’s warning against mob violence

6:12 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Longtime Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton are heading to a May runoff in Texas’ Republican Senate primary, while Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are in a close race for the Democratic nomination

12:09 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Nepal is holding parliamentary elections Thursday, a year after a youth-led uprising forced out the government chosen in the last elections

9:36 PM on Monday, March 2

Minnesota is suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from holding back $243 million in Medicaid spending

9:07 PM on Monday, March 2

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was forced into a primary runoff with his GOP opponent as he faces calls to resign over allegations of having an affair with an aide

9:03 PM on Monday, March 2

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat

9:02 PM on Monday, March 2

Primary elections set up major Senate fights in Texas and North Carolina, and they also expose fresh tension over voting rules