Politics & Government News

1:41 AM on Thursday, March 19

Senegal is tightening its crackdown on gay people, and activists say fear is spreading

12:02 AM on Thursday, March 19

The State Department is struggling to manage the Iran war as staffing cuts hit important bureaus, according to current and former officials

11:24 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Thailand’s incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will remain in office following a successful vote in the country's Parliament

10:43 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information

8:42 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump

8:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The first oil and gas lease sale held in years in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska has been touted by officials as the strongest to date

7:15 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is condemning special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this week’s primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2028 presidential contender once supported

6:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him

6:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has given an ousted federal prosecutor a new title, allowing him to remain in charge of cases in the eastern half of Wisconsin

6:16 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Democratic lawmakers have stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and say they will push to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions under oath about the case

6:13 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security

5:57 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion

5:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Spring break travelers are facing unpredictable lines at airport security as the partial U.S. government shutdown strains TSA staffing

5:08 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Senator Rand Paul has made it clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin

4:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Five European nations have banded together on Wednesday, seeking an urgent solution for an unmanned Russian tanker currently drifting in the Mediterranean they say poses risk of an environmental catastrophe, the office of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says

4:33 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has announced the appointment of a new defense minister

2:35 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in election methods

2:28 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the long-admired Latino icon, while he led the United Farm Workers union

12:18 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island

1:23 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Iran has broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran