Politics & Government News

9:58 PM on Monday, April 6

A couple living in Iran's capital have grown used to the sound of daily airstrikes five weeks into the war

9:58 PM on Monday, April 6

Japan’s top government spokesperson says a Japanese national who had been detained in Iran since January has been released on bail

9:55 PM on Monday, April 6

Tehran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal, insisting on a permanent end to the war

9:39 PM on Monday, April 6

Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state

9:20 PM on Monday, April 6

Saudi Arabia has closed the only road linking it to Bahrain after Iran fired missiles at its oil-rich Eastern Province

9:08 PM on Monday, April 6

Democrats are hoping to increase liberal control of the state Supreme Court in battleground Wisconsin in an election that has focused largely on abortion rights as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues also await

9:07 PM on Monday, April 6

Republican Clay Fuller faces Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

9:02 PM on Monday, April 6

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun is heading to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she calls a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control

9:01 PM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump has extended a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday

6:25 PM on Monday, April 6

Authorities in British Columbia have urged people to stay away from a rock face above a highway in the Canadian province where a Volkswagen Beetle shell was suspended in an apparent prank by engineering students

3:58 PM on Monday, April 6

In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime

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1:34 PM on Monday, April 6

The city of Minneapolis has released a video showing a chase and a scuffle that ended in a nonfatal shooting in January

1:23 PM on Monday, April 6

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The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students

12:54 PM on Monday, April 6

An appellate court has ruled that Iowa can fully enforce a law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up to sixth grade

12:34 PM on Monday, April 6

The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran

7:02 AM on Monday, April 6

President Donald Trump is endorsing Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a wide-open race

10:19 PM on Sunday, April 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he the destruction of Iran’s bridges and power plants if they don’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz

10:04 PM on Sunday, April 5

President Donald Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his Tuesday ultimatum approaches