Politics & Government News

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France’s lower house of parliament has narrowly approved a key health care budget bill, offering the minority government some relief from political turmoil

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Texas has launched a partnership with Turning Point USA to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every high school campus in the state

11:31 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into effect a law to strengthen protective measures for women facing gender-based violence

11:25 AM on Tuesday, December 9

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The House is expected to vote this week on a bill authorizing $900 billion for military programs

10:18 AM on Tuesday, December 9

The owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fatal fire and an inspection company have sued each other over who is at fault for failure to address a faulty sprinkler system

10:16 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee

10:06 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Britain has announced sanctions against several Russian media and ideas organizations

9:23 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A Georgia Senate leader is resigning from the state legislature to focus on his Republican campaign for lieutenant governor

9:11 AM on Tuesday, December 9

European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years

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Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is running for governor of New York

3:42 AM on Tuesday, December 9

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy

12:02 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Police officers have heavily patrolled mostly empty streets in major Tanzanian cities

9:07 PM on Monday, December 8

Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president

9:03 PM on Monday, December 8

Immigration lawyers and authorities say arrests of Afghans are on the rise following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect in the attack is an Afghan national

3:06 PM on Monday, December 8

The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell’s ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third straight interest rate cut