Politics & Government News

11:24 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas

10:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

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We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn

10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 18

9:26 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rising energy costs caused by the Iran war have forced Egypt to hike fuel and cooking gas prices, hitting the country's already struggling poor and middle classes hard

9:18 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

8:00 AM on Wednesday, March 18

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6:39 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($134 million) under a contentious refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped after taking office

1:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran

6:56 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders

6:39 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Court documents show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago

5:38 PM on Tuesday, March 17

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party pushed through a constitutional reform that will permit life sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war on gangs

1:02 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Trump counterterrorism official who resigned Tuesday had been a staunch supporter of the president through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids

1:40 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the country’s leadership

Tuesday, March 17

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

5:04 PM on Friday, March 13

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act

12:04 PM on Tuesday, March 3

12:47 PM on Monday, March 2

The Strait of Hormuz is a small strip of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the world’s oceans, and it has become a big problem for the global economy