Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that ...
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen ...
Senate panel approves immigration bill
Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary ...
Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation ...
Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to ...
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone ...
Obama acts on scandals; Republicans unsatisfied
President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals ...
Turkish PM talking Syria with Obama at White House
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for stepped-up action on Syria as he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House.
Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire
One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders ...
Myanmar's president to visit White House on Monday
President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar ...
Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he ...
A look at how Russia, US still spy on each other
The Cold War is long over, but espionage is forever. Russian spies still operate in the U.S. and American ones in Russia. On Tuesday, Russia's ...
13 detained in Turkish bombings, death toll to 51
Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the ...
Lundqvist leads Rangers past Caps 5-0 in Game 7
Midway through the third period of an anticlimactic — and unprecedented — Game 7 road victory for his New York Rangers, goalie Henrik Lundqvist fell ...
Rangers beat Caps 5-0 in Game 7 to reach 2nd round
It's been more than a decade since a goalie was as perfect over Games 6 and 7 of a playoff series as Henrik Lundqvist was for the New York Rangers ...
Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe
The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news ...
Myanmar says president to make official US visit
Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and ...
Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call
The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but ...
Sacked SKorea spokesman denies abuse allegations
A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President ...
NKorea nuke arsenal seen as matter of when, not if
For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been deflected by admonishments not to overestimate an impoverished ...
Karzai says US can have 9 Afghan bases after 2014
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that ...
Republicans boycott committee vote on EPA nominee
Senate Republicans boycotted Thursday a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Bulgarian honor bid in Washington stirs debate
A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son — a man credited with helping save the country's ...
NKorea issues warning ahead of US-SKorea summit
North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead ...
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