Politics & Government News

8:53 AM on Thursday, March 12

Hungary’s government says it is declassifying a national security report that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claims shows his top rival takes illegal money from Ukraine

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South Korean lawmakers have passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration’s highest tariffs

12:07 AM on Thursday, March 12

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites across Iran

12:05 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

12:05 AM on Thursday, March 12

Utah is at the forefront of a states' rights battle between itself and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 12

Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers

8:12 PM on Wednesday, March 11

China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights

8:09 PM on Wednesday, March 11

7:29 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

7:16 PM on Wednesday, March 11

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

6:43 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.”

6:07 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

4:46 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

4:44 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

4:28 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Social Security’s internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint that a former DOGE worker misused sensitive agency data

4:13 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