Committee passes bill to address sexual assaults
With broad support from Republicans and Democrats, a House committee Wednesday approved legislation to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault ...
Obama names outspoken Rice as his security adviser
Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger ...
UK, French claims put Obama in tough spot on Syria
President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more ...
Syria poses challenge for new US envoy at UN
Fiery human rights advocate Samantha Power has famously taken presidents to task for refusing to use military force to stop genocide. But as the U.S.
US to deploy Patriots, F-16s to Jordan
The U.S. will send anti-missile batteries and fighter jets to Jordan at the kingdom's request to boost defense capabilities in the face of an attack ...
House passes measure boosting veterans' programs
The House on Tuesday passed the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' ...
Obama nominates 3 to appeals court, testing GOP
Opening a summer showdown with Congress, a combative President Barack Obama nominated three judges to a powerful appellate court Tuesday and ...
Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor
The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation ...
ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks
Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the ...
Top Obama appointees using secret email accounts
Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees are using secret government email accounts to conduct official business, The Associated Press ...
White House tries to encourage high tech patents
The White House is taking steps to encourage innovation in high tech patents that it calls "a key driver of economic growth." The White House on ...
AP source: Obama nominating 3 to US appeals court
President Barack Obama is simultaneously naming three nominees to the understaffed federal appeals court in Washington, setting up an aggressive push ...
Senate votes on small changes to int'l food aid
The Senate on Monday voted to make modest changes to the way international food aid is delivered, a much scaled-back version of an overhaul proposed ...
White House promises veto of GOP spending plan
The White House stepped in Monday with a veto threat against a House GOP plan to advance a round of 2014 spending bills that would ease ...
House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by ...
White House: Obama concerned about IRS spending
The White House says President Barack Obama is concerned by excessive spending by the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies on conferences and ...
Cybersecurity tops Obama's agenda for China talks
President Barack Obama will be looking for signs from China's leader at their upcoming meeting that Beijing is ready to address its reported high-tech ...
House panel: Report finds $50M for IRS conferences
A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 ...
China skeptical of expanded US role in the Pacific
A Chinese military leader on Saturday pointedly questioned the expanded U.S. role in the Pacific after the Pentagon chief said he hoped for better ...
Nationals overcome Strasburg injury, beat Braves
The Washington Nationals can only hope Stephen Strasburg won't be sidelined very long with a strained right oblique. With Bryce Harper and Jayson ...
Needs and threats test GOP on small government
One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate — that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and ...
Naval Academy probes sexual assault allegations
The U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three football team members sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an off-campus house ...
DC's National Theatre gets new start after neglect
The oldest continuously operating theater in the nation's capital that has drawn top performers dating back decades before the Civil War is getting ...
Obama: Student loan increase like $1,000 tax hike
President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to prevent student loan rates from doubling in a month, prompting a fight with House Republicans who ...
White House: Asteroid 'poses no threat' to Earth
Have no fear: The White House says an asteroid more than 1 1/2 miles long poses no threat to planet Earth. The big rock called Asteroid 1998 QE2 was ...
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