Politics & Government News

8:42 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump

8:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The first oil and gas lease sale held in years in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska has been touted by officials as the strongest to date

7:15 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is condemning special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this week’s primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2028 presidential contender once supported

6:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has given an ousted federal prosecutor a new title, allowing him to remain in charge of cases in the eastern half of Wisconsin

6:16 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Democratic lawmakers have stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and say they will push to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions under oath about the case

6:13 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security

5:57 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion

5:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Spring break travelers are facing unpredictable lines at airport security as the partial U.S. government shutdown strains TSA staffing

5:08 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Senator Rand Paul has made it clear he has little regard for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fellow Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin

4:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Five European nations have banded together on Wednesday, seeking an urgent solution for an unmanned Russian tanker currently drifting in the Mediterranean they say poses risk of an environmental catastrophe, the office of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says

4:44 PM on Wednesday, March 18

4:33 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has announced the appointment of a new defense minister

4:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

3:30 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Leaders in Corpus Christi, Texas, warn the city is closing in on emergency water restrictions as reservoirs drop and demand keeps rising

3:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A man has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for an election petition scandal that spoiled the candidacies of five Republicans who were running for Michigan governor in 2022

3:10 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall

2:35 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A Georgia effort to dump voting machines that Donald Trump hates may get derailed by fear of a chaotic last-minute shift in election methods

12:18 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island

10:01 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company

7:03 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Markwayne Mullin says he'd be a steady hand at the Department of Homeland Security if he's confirmed as secretary