Politics & Government News

7:04 PM on Monday, March 9

An impromptu sit-in protest at the steps of Havana University on Monday drew a small group of students concerned about their education amid an energy crisis worsened by a U.S. oil blockade of the island, which has reduced classes and is paralyzing the country

5:01 PM on Monday, March 9

4:57 PM on Monday, March 9

A former top Missouri lawmaker has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing pandemic relief funds

4:55 PM on Monday, March 9

Wyoming's governor on Monday signed a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected in the embryo

4:51 PM on Monday, March 9

A judge on has disqualified a trio of prosecutors the Trump administration tapped to oversee federal prosecutions in New Jersey after his former personal attorney was also barred from the role

4:48 PM on Monday, March 9

The State Department has drawn down personnel at more U.S. diplomatic missions in and around the Middle East as it comes under increasing but historically familiar criticism for not doing enough to prepare

4:42 PM on Monday, March 9

Organizers of an annual satirical award for scientific achievement are shifting for the first time from the United States to Europe due to concerns about winners and others being able to get visas

4:32 PM on Monday, March 9

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to visit Norway on Friday where he will observe a NATO exercise before visiting the United Kingdom

4:25 PM on Monday, March 9

President Gustavo Petro’s political party has emerged victorious in Colombia’s congressional election, but will have to build coalitions with other parties to advance its agenda

4:04 PM on Monday, March 9

3:49 PM on Monday, March 9

California has hundreds of affordable housing projects that are ready to build, but they cannot close the money gap

3:41 PM on Monday, March 9

The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died

3:32 PM on Monday, March 9

Two teen brothers in a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas have been released from immigration custody after bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration’s campaign for mass deportation overreached

3:21 PM on Monday, March 9

1:59 PM on Monday, March 9

An intelligence assessment completed shortly before the U.S. and Israel launched a war in Iran determined that military intervention is unlikely to result in regime change

12:47 PM on Monday, March 9

Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned abruptly after disclosing “an inappropriate relationship” with a person who was seeking public resources for her business

11:27 AM on Monday, March 9

Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon’s decision designating the artificial intelligence company a “supply chain risk” over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology

7:15 AM on Monday, March 9

As Congress responds to President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, lawmakers who served on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan are making their voices heard

5:47 AM on Monday, March 9

The investigative group Bellingcat says newly released video “appears to contradict” U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school that killed over 165 people

10:40 PM on Sunday, March 8

The Iran war has upended oil production and shipping across the Middle East, straining energy supplies worldwide