Politics & Government News

12:58 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hosted a monthly Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the Iran war began

12:21 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Italy’s tourism minister Daniela Santanchè has resigned in the wake of the defeat of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni government in a referendum on judicial reforms

12:20 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Connecticut lawmakers are weighing a plan that makes it easier to use small plug-in solar panels to cut electric bills

11:27 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution

11:06 AM on Wednesday, March 25

People seeking professional licenses in Texas will soon have to prove they are in the country legally

11:02 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country would continue to have Cuban doctors work in Mexico

10:51 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15

10:27 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will be discharged from hospital on Friday to return home and continue serving his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt

10:16 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The U_N_ General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs.”

10:15 AM on Wednesday, March 25

The Trump administration has given San Jose State University 10 days to change its policy on transgender athletes or face legal action and possibly lose federal funding

9:21 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Hawaii communities are digging out from the state’s worst flooding in more than 20 years, and aid groups are rushing to support them by raising money statewide

9:08 AM on Wednesday, March 25

8:32 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Britain is banning political parties from taking cryptocurrency donations in a move the government says will help protect democracy from illicit finance

8:31 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Migrants in southern Mexico are marching to protest long waits for paperwork and to ask for permission to work elsewhere

7:06 AM on Wednesday, March 25

At a House Homeland Security committee hearing that stretched over three hours lawmakers and Transportation Security Administration officials stressed the urgency of the ongoing government shutdown as TSA workers scrape by without pay and long security lines wind through some airports

6:43 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Former Google executive Matt Brittin has been announced as the new director-general of the BBC

3:40 AM on Wednesday, March 25

A top House Democrat says President Donald Trump showed off a classified map on a 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and held onto a record from his first term that was so sensitive only six people would have had access to it

10:16 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A lawyer for a Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini says he has been released from a prison to be repatriated

9:04 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers are set to receive another $0 paycheck this week

9:03 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war