Politics & Government News

2:21 PM on Monday, March 9

A deep and wide-ranging biography of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara has won a $50,000 prize

2:13 PM on Monday, March 9

The Trump administration is criticizing lower court judges who have slowed its efforts to strip legal protections from a broad swath of migrants living in the U.S. It's asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for moves that could expose thousands more people to deportation

1:14 PM on Monday, March 9

Recent U.S. Census Bureau data show that Vermont had the lowest domestic migration the state has had in years between 2024-2025

12:10 PM on Monday, March 9

A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice first elected in 2007 will not seek a third 10-year term next year

10:30 AM on Monday, March 9

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8:55 AM on Monday, March 9

Hungary is introducing a new cap on gasoline and diesel prices as global oil markets surge during the Iran war

8:11 AM on Monday, March 9

Mississippi voters will choose nominees for Congress in a state primary Tuesday

8:00 AM on Monday, March 9

7:40 AM on Monday, March 9

Voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in a special election on Tuesday

7:13 AM on Monday, March 9

Many voters are frustrated by rising prices for essentials like housing

6:45 AM on Monday, March 9

At least 14 migrants have drowned after a migrant boat crashed into a coast guard boat during a chase off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, officials said

5:38 AM on Monday, March 9

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate powered the environmentalist Greens to a come-from-behind victory

4:11 AM on Monday, March 9

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is facing a major corruption trial that critics say targets Turkey’s opposition and threatens democracy

9:27 PM on Sunday, March 8

The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers

1:56 AM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

1:12 AM on Sunday, March 8

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

12:19 AM on Sunday, March 8

Alabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

12:07 AM on Sunday, March 8

Colombians are electing a new Congress and narrowing the presidential field in a major test of political power

5:16 PM on Friday, March 6

A new survey by The Allstate Foundation and Gallup suggests that young people do give back, even if their charitable works happen less formally and more sporadically