Politics & Government News

4:35 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Trump says he will tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to 'bring prices down' because of Iran conflict

4:28 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Social Security’s internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint that a former DOGE worker misused sensitive agency data

3:50 PM on Wednesday, March 11

California lawmakers grilled the head of the Department of Motor Vehicles about why dangerous drivers are able to keep their licenses as the number of highway deaths increase

3:49 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A coalition of 17 state Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions

3:07 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Czech lawmakers have approved a 2026 budget that keeps defense spending below NATO’s 2% target, despite pressure from the United States

2:13 PM on Wednesday, March 11

A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen as an immigrant detention facility after a nearly yearlong legal fight

2:11 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Ecuador's interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States

1:36 PM on Wednesday, March 11

The Pentagon has not permitted photographers to cover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's last two briefings on the war in Iran, and hasn't explained the change in longstanding policy

1:29 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Iowa has barred cities and counties from adding local protections for gender identity

12:51 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate voters

12:46 PM on Wednesday, March 11

New U.S. ambassador to South Africa summoned to explain his criticism as rift continues, foreign minister says

11:29 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Far-right leader José Antonio Kast is sworn in as president, marking Chile’s sharpest shift to the right in decades

10:25 AM on Wednesday, March 11

The Trump administration is restarting the Global Entry program just over two weeks after it halted the service for travelers because of the partial government shutdown

10:13 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are backing Anthropic in court to block the Trump administration from labeling the AI company a supply chain risk

10:10 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Authorities say a man was taken into custody after driving his van into a security barrier at the White House

9:02 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Jill Biden says she wants to “set the record straight” as she breaks her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to end his 2024 presidential reelection bid under pressure from Democrats who were concerned about his age and viability against Republican Donald Trump

7:31 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has testified remotely in Akron, Ohio, in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives

7:21 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords

6:05 AM on Wednesday, March 11

A series of explosions attributed to drones has killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo

5:00 AM on Wednesday, March 11

Documents released by the British government show officials believed there was a “reputational risk” in appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein