Politics & Government News

10:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Analysts say China is unlikely to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and it is probably welcoming a delay in President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip

7:07 PM on Tuesday, March 17

An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday

6:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official who was thought to be running the country since the beginning of the war

6:17 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Paraguay has ratified the Mercosur and European Union free trade deal to complete South America’s approval of a huge new trade zone

6:09 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Trump administration is expanding its growing Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida

6:01 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Peru’s prime minister has resigned from her post

5:54 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have been on administrative leave for a year back to work

5:21 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Just over a year ago, the Trump administration began an immigration enforcement campaign that swept up multiple people who had participated in pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses

4:19 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Gregory Bovino says he plans to retire from the U.S. Border Patrol in the coming weeks

4:14 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Cuba’s widening economic turmoil along with its growing political tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump have paralyzed much of the island

4:12 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to endorse a candidate in the Texas Republican Senate runoff to end the painful primary

3:33 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz

3:22 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop.”

1:11 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Democratic U.S. Senate hopefuls Gov. Janet Mills and Graham Platner are sparring over an advertisement released by the Mills campaign criticizing Platner’s past online comments

11:25 AM on Tuesday, March 17

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are calling for new people in charge of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months

8:56 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Scotland’s Parliament rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first in the U.K. to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

7:32 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”

12:28 AM on Tuesday, March 17

The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world

12:05 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship for new voters has become a rallying cry for President Donald Trump

3:19 AM on Sunday, March 15

Provisional results announced by authorities in the Republic of Congo show that President Denis Sassou N’Guesso has been reelected for a fifth consecutive term