DHS releasing illegal immigrants before sequester
A week before mandatory budget cuts go into effect across the government, the Department of Homeland Security has started releasing illegal immigrants ...
US sets sanctions on rebel leader in northern Mali
The Obama administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on an Islamic extremist whose group seized much of northern Mali last year and prompted a French ...
Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ...
Court won't allow challenge to surveillance law
A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor ...
Small steps forward sought in Iran nuclear talks
Seeking even a small step forward in a yearslong dispute, negotiators from Iran and six world powers mulled options Tuesday for preserving Tehran's ...
Deaths of teen drivers jumped in early 2012
Deaths of younger teen drivers increased sharply in the first six months of last year, reversing a decade-long trend, according to a report released ...
Syria says it's prepared to talk with armed rebels
Syria said Monday it is prepared to hold talks with armed rebels bent on overthrowing President Bashar Assad, the clearest signal yet that the regime ...
High-stakes trial begins over 2010 Gulf oil spill
BP bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico because it cut corners and put profits ahead of safety, a U.S.
US caught in awkward embrace of Myanmar 'crony'
The image was meant to convey growing friendship between the United States and Myanmar, the world's hottest frontier market. Flanked by national ...
Bork: Nixon offered next high court vacancy in '73
Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon's order to fire Watergate special ...
Senate panel likely to write gun bills next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee seems all but certain to start voting on an assault weapons ban and other gun curbs next week, Congress' first roll ...
FBI to release records on Withers' informer work
The FBI will release records about civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers' work as an informant for the FBI, to settle a Tennessee newspaper's ...
Court won't hear campaign contributions appeal
The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a decision upholding a century-old ban on corporate campaign contributions in federal elections. The high ...
Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations ...
US troops in Niger to set up drone base
President Barack Obama said Friday that about 100 American troops have been deployed to the African nation of Niger. Two U.S. defense officials the ...
F-35 fleet grounded after engine crack found
The Pentagon on Friday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after discovering a cracked engine blade in one plane. The problem was discovered ...
Justice Dept joins suit against Lance Armstrong
The Justice Department joined a lawsuit Friday against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former seven-time Tour de France champion ...
Up to 12,000 US, allied troops for Afghanistan
The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely ...
Panetta: Cybersecurity focus of next NATO meeting
With cyberthreats escalating, the next meeting of NATO defense ministers will include a major focus on cybersecurity, Secretary of Defense Leon ...
Obama administration: Cuts to cause flight delays
The Obama administration is warning that automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 will result in travel delays at major airports and ...
Stocks rebound after big Fed-related retreat
Stocks rebounded Friday after two days of losses though investors remained wary ahead of elections in Italy that could dominate the market mood at the ...
Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American ...
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