Politics & Government News

3:22 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A new civic infrastructure nonprofit that aims to break through political polarization is launching in Nevada and two other states

3:14 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House

3:10 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Haiti’s government says it is implementing new austerity measures as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies and drives up prices worldwide

2:58 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The European Union's energy commissioner says skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won’t return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow

2:11 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service

2:05 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A three-judge panel in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Democratic voters that sought to redraw the battleground state’s Republican-friendly congressional boundary lines ahead of the November midterm election

1:53 PM on Tuesday, March 31

1:40 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Public hearings on proposed constitutional amendments in Zimbabwe have turned chaotic and violent

1:17 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will once again have his past rival and current Vice President Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for his reelection bid

1:03 PM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump is attending the opening night of the musical “Chicago” at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday night

12:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

10:08 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice

9:39 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Three fired FBI agents have sued to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat

8:52 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba with a huge shipment, easing a dire fuel shortage after months without deliveries

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

King Charles III is going ahead with a state visit to the United States next month, despite calls for the ceremonial event to be called off due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of the British government for failing to support the war in Iran

3:37 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Top European diplomats are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia’s invading forces four years ago

1:19 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both cheap and environmentally friendly as global oil markets tremble amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East

12:33 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Authorities in Dubai said they “contained” a Kuwaiti oil tanker after it came under attack from Iran

12:05 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Bruce Springsteen returns Tuesday to the “Streets of Minneapolis.”

12:01 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act