Politics & Government News

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South Africa is mourning anti-apartheid veteran and former defense minister Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, who has died at 77 after a long illness

12:13 AM on Wednesday, March 4

Millions of Nepalis are preparing to vote in a high-stakes parliamentary election shaped by last year’s youth-led uprising

10:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3

7:52 PM on Tuesday, March 3

States across the country are pushing to cut property taxes as homeowners complain about rising bills

7:40 PM on Tuesday, March 3

A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties led to mass voter confusion that eventually led to a state supreme court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised

7:27 PM on Tuesday, March 3

California's top Democrat has a message for his party's candidates who are lagging in the race for governor: If you can't win, get out of the race

7:15 PM on Tuesday, March 3

7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 3

China’s ceremonial parliament meets in Beijing this week as leaders use the event to set policy and economic goals

6:54 PM on Tuesday, March 3

A lawmaker says a large immigration detention camp in Texas is closed to visitors and attorneys due to a measles outbreak

6:18 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Former housing secretary Julián Castro is announcing that the Latino Community Foundation will increase its assets and footprint

5:23 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran

3:08 PM on Tuesday, March 3

Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war

11:18 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Robert De Niro was a featured guest Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall, where he recited Abraham Lincoln’s warning against mob violence

9:12 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Longtime Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton are heading to a May runoff in Texas’ Republican Senate primary, while Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are in a close race for the Democratic nomination

3:09 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Nepal is holding parliamentary elections Thursday, a year after a youth-led uprising forced out the government chosen in the last elections

12:07 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was forced into a primary runoff with his GOP opponent as he faces calls to resign over allegations of having an affair with an aide

12:03 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat

12:02 AM on Tuesday, March 3

Primary elections set up major Senate fights in Texas and North Carolina, and they also expose fresh tension over voting rules