Politics & Government News

10:13 PM on Saturday, March 7

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's actions to dismantle the Voice of America over the past year are illegal

7:37 PM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump says it's inconsequential if Russia has provided Iran with information to help Tehran target U.S. military personnel and assets in the Middle East

7:14 PM on Saturday, March 7

Authorities say a counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest

5:20 PM on Saturday, March 7

A Palestinian man is killed in the occupied West Bank after an Israeli reservist soldier opens fire, as violence keeps rising in the territory

1:11 PM on Saturday, March 7

Visitors to the Capitol in Washington now have a visible reminder of the siege there on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day

12:35 PM on Saturday, March 7

A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued the 2-1 ruling on Friday

9:15 AM on Saturday, March 7

8:08 AM on Saturday, March 7

The U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have raised concerns among Democrats and others about diminishing American stockpiles of certain weapons

7:50 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait

7:10 AM on Saturday, March 7

Pope Leo XIV named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States

1:04 AM on Saturday, March 7

Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car

12:48 AM on Saturday, March 7

At least 25 people are known to have died after heavy rain caused flooding and flight disruption in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi

12:17 AM on Saturday, March 7

Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper is leading Nepal’s parliamentary election, the country’s first since last year’s revolt

12:08 AM on Saturday, March 7

Strict citizen voting requirements sought by President Donald Trump have stalled in the U.S. Senate

12:06 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to view the dignified transfer for six soldiers killed during his war with Iran

Saturday, March 7

The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago

11:11 PM on Friday, March 6

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home

9:04 PM on Friday, March 6

California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is retiring, just three months after declaring, “I can hold this seat

8:40 PM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports

7:53 PM on Friday, March 6

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his “deplorable” actions