Politics & Government News

3:21 AM on Sunday, March 8

Malaysian authorities say a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has failed so far to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, twelve years after it disappeared

12:14 AM on Sunday, March 8

Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles

12:11 AM on Sunday, March 8

China says it hopes this year will be a “landmark year” in relations with the United States, as the two sides prepare for an expected leaders’ summit later this month

12:04 AM on Sunday, March 8

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally

10:24 PM on Saturday, March 7

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the military’s deployment of the lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month

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

4:34 PM on Saturday, March 7

Trump says he's ruled out having Kurds join Iran war, says they are willing but 'the war is complicated enough'

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

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

1:09 AM on Saturday, March 7

Israel is renewing its assault on southern Lebanon, including targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force in Beirut

12:31 AM on Saturday, March 7

U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard

12:06 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump says the U.S. and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere

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

12:10 AM on Friday, March 6

This is the weekend when clocks move ahead, causing angst, lost sleep and health issues for many

12:37 AM on Saturday, February 28

3:49 PM on Friday, February 27