Politics & Government News

2:49 PM on Monday, March 2

California lawmakers are fighting over a bill that would study replacing the gas tax with a road use charge

2:46 PM on Monday, March 2

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month

2:20 PM on Monday, March 2

The Texas Legislature passed a bill last year giving schools the option of setting aside a daily school prayer period

1:31 PM on Monday, March 2

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle

11:22 AM on Monday, March 2

Pakistan’s president is defending cross-border strikes in Afghanistan and urges the Taliban government to disarm militants attacking his country

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Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment

9:12 AM on Monday, March 2

Two hotly contested U.S. Senate primaries in Texas will help officially kick off the 2026 midterm election cycle Tuesday

8:50 AM on Monday, March 2

North Carolina voters will narrow down the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November

8:37 AM on Monday, March 2

7:49 AM on Monday, March 2

The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have sparked global anger and urgent diplomacy as the conflict spreads across the region

7:28 AM on Monday, March 2

An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan

5:24 AM on Monday, March 2

The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and set off a furious Iranian response

5:10 AM on Monday, March 2

Pakistan has deployed troops and imposed a curfew after deadly protests erupted over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader in U.S.-Israeli strikes

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6:24 AM on Saturday, February 28

Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy

6:12 AM on Saturday, February 28

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war