Politics & Government News

5:41 PM on Monday, March 30

Clowns in Bolivia are protesting a new school mandate that cuts off the events where they earn a living

5:39 PM on Monday, March 30

There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona

5:38 PM on Monday, March 30

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough

5:17 PM on Monday, March 30

Suriname’s former president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, has died

4:05 PM on Monday, March 30

The Army is investigating after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run maneuvered near the hillside home of Kid Rock

3:57 PM on Monday, March 30

International observers at a local election in European Union candidate Serbia on Monday say that they were “alarmed” and have witnessed “acts of violence” during the vote

3:40 PM on Monday, March 30

Chilean President José Antonio Kast says his government will tighten school security after two recent incidents involving weapons and amid growing concern about school violence

3:31 PM on Monday, March 30

2:36 PM on Monday, March 30

A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement

2:34 PM on Monday, March 30

Vermont is defending its first-in-the-nation law that aims to make fossil fuel companies help pay for damage caused by climate change

1:58 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do

1:40 PM on Monday, March 30

A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out

12:46 PM on Monday, March 30

The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports

11:28 AM on Monday, March 30

Cuba is preparing to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker as the island struggles under a U.S. oil blockade

11:17 AM on Monday, March 30

Mark Sanford is launching another run for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District

11:03 AM on Monday, March 30

The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown

9:01 AM on Monday, March 30

Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau plans to retire

7:48 AM on Monday, March 30

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war after earlier saying the U.S. couldn't use jointly operated military bases there for operations related to the conflict

3:56 AM on Monday, March 30

Israel’s parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure critics condemn as discriminatory and inhumane

2:07 AM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump says Iran faces massive damage to its energy system unless it quickly agrees to end the war