Politics & Government News

5:27 PM on Monday, March 2

Moderate Democrats are pushing back on the party’s progressive energy

5:26 PM on Monday, March 2

The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”

5:00 PM on Monday, March 2

President Donald Trump and his team have given shifting and sometimes conflicting reasons for striking Iran, even as they claim the mission a total success

4:30 PM on Monday, March 2

Cuba’s government says it has detained 10 Panamanian citizens it accused of creating subversive propaganda in the latest international incident involving the Caribbean island

3:57 PM on Monday, March 2

Haiti’s government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election

3:23 PM on Monday, March 2

Around 120 Louisiana National Guard members will remain deployed in New Orleans through August

2:57 PM on Monday, March 2

Nevada’s push to build reliable EV chargers across the state is falling far short

2:56 PM on Monday, March 2

A judge is temporarily suspending the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities

2:54 PM on Monday, March 2

The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines

2:49 PM on Monday, March 2

California lawmakers are fighting over a bill that would study replacing the gas tax with a road use charge

2:46 PM on Monday, March 2

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month

2:30 PM on Monday, March 2

2:26 PM on Monday, March 2

The U.S. imposes new sanctions on Rwanda’s military and four top commanders over support for the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo

2:20 PM on Monday, March 2

The Texas Legislature passed a bill last year giving schools the option of setting aside a daily school prayer period

2:13 PM on Monday, March 2

Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall

1:36 PM on Monday, March 2

U.S. first lady Melania Trump is presiding over a U.N. Security Council meeting that will focus on children in conflict, one of her signature issues

1:31 PM on Monday, March 2

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle

12:42 PM on Monday, March 2

President Donald Trump says he was not pleased with the way that negotiations with Iran were proceeding

10:04 AM on Monday, March 2

Maine Democrat Graham Platner has picked up another endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue

8:50 AM on Monday, March 2

North Carolina voters will narrow down the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November