Politics & Government News

1:30 PM on Wednesday, March 18

President Emmanuel Macron has named France’s next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier France Libre, or Free France, framing it as a symbol of independence and military power

1:12 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Republican John Sims advances to primary runoff election in Texas' 33rd Congressional District

1:06 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Democrat TJ Ware advances to primary runoff election in Texas' 24th Congressional District

12:34 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.N.'s agency for children says it will investigate claims from Israel's military that one of its shipments into Gaza smuggled tobacco products into the strip

12:18 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island

11:56 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics

11:24 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas

10:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

10:06 AM on Wednesday, March 18

We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn

10:01 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company, with some limits

10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 18

9:26 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rising energy costs caused by the Iran war have forced Egypt to hike fuel and cooking gas prices, hitting the country's already struggling poor and middle classes hard

9:18 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

7:42 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Attacks on a town along Sudan’s border with Chad have killed at least 17 people and injured 123, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said

7:03 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Markwayne Mullin says he'd be a steady hand at the Department of Homeland Security if he's confirmed as secretary

6:39 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($134 million) under a contentious refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped after taking office

12:53 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The Israeli military has killed Iran's intelligence minister, the latest in a series of high-profile deaths of Iranian leaders to destabilize the nation’s institutions and industry

12:06 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Democratic senators are pressing the U.S. government’s top intelligence official about the war with Iran

5:04 PM on Friday, March 13

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act

12:47 PM on Monday, March 2

The Strait of Hormuz is a small strip of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the world’s oceans, and it has become a big problem for the global economy