Politics & Government News

9:18 PM on Thursday, March 12

French president says a French soldier was killed in an attack targeting Irbil in Iraq's northern Kurdish region

8:47 PM on Thursday, March 12

Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from prisons in an unexpected move

8:29 PM on Thursday, March 12

Trump administration takes steps to further ease sanctions on Russian oil as crude prices surge during Iran war

7:47 PM on Thursday, March 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will spend billions on forward operating locations in the North to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region

7:41 PM on Thursday, March 12

Venezuela and Colombia cancel a high-profile presidential border meeting, even as both sides say they still want closer ties

7:35 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job

7:01 PM on Thursday, March 12

6:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

A record 280 political parties and counting have registered to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade

6:18 PM on Thursday, March 12

One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel

6:14 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards

5:46 PM on Thursday, March 12

Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements

5:11 PM on Thursday, March 12

María Corina Machado says the Trump administration remains a key ally for Venezuela’s democratic transition, even as Washington backs interim President Delcy Rodríguez

4:54 PM on Thursday, March 12

Live Nation and the U.S. government struck a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes selling concert tickets to music fans

3:51 PM on Thursday, March 12

A rare opening for Illinois to elect a new U.S. senator has sparked sparked a political brawl among the top three candidates in the Democratic state

3:42 PM on Thursday, March 12

A Missouri court has rejected a legal challenge to new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump

2:37 PM on Thursday, March 12

Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran

2:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin

1:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials

12:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

In a rare bipartisan effort for a deeply divided Congress, the Senate has passed a broad bill to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable

10:57 AM on Thursday, March 12

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran