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Mississippi voters will choose nominees for Congress in a state primary Tuesday

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Voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in a special election on Tuesday

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Many voters are frustrated by rising prices for essentials like housing

5:45 AM on Monday, March 9

At least 14 migrants have drowned after a migrant boat crashed into a coast guard boat during a chase off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, officials said

4:38 AM on Monday, March 9

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate powered the environmentalist Greens to a come-from-behind victory

3:11 AM on Monday, March 9

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is facing a major corruption trial that critics say targets Turkey’s opposition and threatens democracy

8:27 PM on Sunday, March 8

The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers

8:04 PM on Sunday, March 8

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China’s legislature outline top priorities

6:12 PM on Sunday, March 8

Fox News has apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony as part of its coverage

5:19 PM on Sunday, March 8

Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East

6:30 AM on Sunday, March 8

President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth

12:56 AM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

12:12 AM on Sunday, March 8

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

11:37 PM on Saturday, March 7

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year

11:19 PM on Saturday, March 7

Alabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

11:07 PM on Saturday, March 7

Colombians are electing a new Congress and narrowing the presidential field in a major test of political power

4:16 PM on Friday, March 6

A new survey by The Allstate Foundation and Gallup suggests that young people do give back, even if their charitable works happen less formally and more sporadically