Politics & Government News

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Illinois voters will choose nominees for a full slate of offices in a state primary Tuesday

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A new constitution that strengthens President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest country, has won overwhelming approval in a referendum

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9:37 PM on Sunday, March 15

Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a firm grasp on power

7:41 PM on Sunday, March 15

The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict

3:35 PM on Sunday, March 15

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Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup

2:45 PM on Sunday, March 15

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial government shutdown

11:18 AM on Sunday, March 15

A Peruvian presidential candidate has died in a car accident on a remote Andean highway while traveling to a political rally

5:09 AM on Sunday, March 15

An AP investigation has found that an Israeli group whose founder strongly supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza is behind several flights that transferred hundreds of people out of the war-torn enclave

4:39 AM on Sunday, March 15

Presidents come and go from the White House every four year or eight years

3:27 AM on Sunday, March 15

Hungary’s election fight is intensifying as Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar stage rival mass rallies in Budapest to show strength

2:55 AM on Sunday, March 15

China's official news agency Xinhua reports that representatives from Beijing and Washington have begun their economic and trade talks in Paris

12:29 AM on Sunday, March 15

Municipal elections are giving political parties an early stress test before the 2027 presidential race in France

12:20 AM on Sunday, March 15

Kazakhstanis are voting Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's hold on power

9:33 PM on Saturday, March 14

President Donald Trump says he has “demanded” that about seven countries heavily reliant on Middle East oil join a coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz

9:01 PM on Saturday, March 14

Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels