Politics & Government News

1:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran

10:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Analysts say China is unlikely to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and it is probably welcoming a delay in President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip

7:07 PM on Tuesday, March 17

An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday

6:56 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders

6:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official who was thought to be running the country since the beginning of the war

6:39 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Court documents show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago

6:17 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Paraguay has ratified the Mercosur and European Union free trade deal to complete South America’s approval of a huge new trade zone

6:09 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Trump administration is expanding its growing Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida

6:01 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Peru’s prime minister has resigned from her post

5:38 PM on Tuesday, March 17

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party pushed through a constitutional reform that will permit life sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war on gangs

4:12 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to endorse a candidate in the Texas Republican Senate runoff to end the painful primary

3:33 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz

3:22 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop.”

1:02 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Trump counterterrorism official who resigned Tuesday had been a staunch supporter of the president through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids

8:56 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Scotland’s Parliament rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first in the U.K. to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

7:32 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”

1:40 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the country’s leadership

12:28 AM on Tuesday, March 17

The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world

Tuesday, March 17

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

3:19 AM on Sunday, March 15

Provisional results announced by authorities in the Republic of Congo show that President Denis Sassou N’Guesso has been reelected for a fifth consecutive term