Politics and Government Stories
Elections, treaties, laws and the work of governments, one date at a time. Each story sticks to what is documented and lists its sources.
2004
2004 · Politics
Jean-Bertrand Aristide leaves the Haitian presidency
February 29, 20042003
2003 · Politics
Arnold Schwarzenegger Takes Office as California Governor
November 17, 20032002
2002 · Politics
Armed opponents of Saddam Hussein seize Iraq’s Berlin embassy
August 20, 20022001
2001 · Politics
Ahmad Shah Massoud is assassinated in Afghanistan
September 9, 20012001
2001 · Politics
The FBI arrests Robert Hanssen
February 18, 20012001
2001 · Politics
Laurent-Désiré Kabila is shot in Kinshasa
January 16, 2001
2000 · Politics
The 2000 Presidential Election Heads Toward the Florida Recount
November 7, 20001999
1999 · Politics
Panama Takes Full Control of the Canal
December 31, 19991999
1999 · Politics
Macao Returns to Chinese Administration
December 20, 19991999
1999 · Politics
Protests Disrupt the WTO Meeting in Seattle
November 30, 1999
1999 · Politics
Australians Vote to Retain the Monarchy in the 1999 Referendum
November 6, 19991998
1998 · Politics