Politics & Government News

4:41 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A U.N. Security Council resolution calling for countries to use “all necessary means” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open is facing some opposition for raising the possibility of U.N.-backed military action against Iran

4:13 PM on Tuesday, March 24

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger has conceded the March 3 Republican primary for his legislative seat to Sam Page

3:56 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The Trump administration’s $1 billion payout to a French energy company to walk away from U.S. offshore wind development is a novel tactic against the industry that supporters see as creative, but opponents see as foolish and extreme

3:46 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud over critics’ concerns of potential political pressure to target White House opponents

3:31 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Moldova’s Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of imposing a 60-day state of emergency in the country’s energy sector after Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine’s energy grid disconnected a key power line linking Moldova to Romania

3:26 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba’s leadership

3:21 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and whether the Trump administration should be able to revive it

2:57 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A Missouri court has upheld a mid-decade redistricting plan that gives Republicans a chance to win an additional congressional seat in this year’s midterm elections

2:28 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The University of Southern California has canceled a gubernatorial debate scheduled for Tuesday after candidates of color were excluded and accused the university of discrimination

2:07 PM on Tuesday, March 24

California has sued the Trump administration to block an emergency order aiming to force the restart of an offshore oil operation shut down more than a decade ago

1:29 PM on Tuesday, March 24

12:46 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Georgia lawmakers may require that every public school student be checked for weapons each day

12:35 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A Georgia judge has granted a bond of just $1 for a murder charge faced by a woman accused by police of taking pills to induce an illegal abortion

12:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Melania Trump is calling on nations to work together to improve access to education and technology for children

12:12 PM on Tuesday, March 24

French financial prosecutors say searches were carried out at several locations, including the Paris arm of Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild, as part of an investigation tied to revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files

11:01 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Cyprus has raised concerns that it was kept in the dark when a Shahed drone struck a hangar at a British air base on the island’s southern coastline minutes after midnight on March 2

10:31 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring

9:53 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Oklahoma’s governor has appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill a newly vacant U.S. Senate seat through the end of the year

9:31 AM on Tuesday, March 24

U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay

12:08 AM on Tuesday, March 24

A new Gallup survey finds that Americans’ outlook on the job market is increasingly pessimistic