Politics

FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough ...
Senate panel approves immigration bill
Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate ...
Obama voices support for Senate immigration bill
President Barack Obama says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is largely consistent with his own principles. He says the ...
Police defend officer who shot NY college student
The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed ...
Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun, knife
Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity ...
Feds halt data cull for State Dept terror report
The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic ...
White House: Reporters shouldn't be prosecuted
President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said Tuesday, showing solidarity with First ...
Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns
Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western ...
Protesters rally over IRS' tea party scrutiny
Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the ...
Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign
Voters were choosing the next mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday, but most residents probably haven't noticed. The turnout tally was expected to be low ...
US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.
Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel, 93, dies
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi ...
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid ...
US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North ...
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers ...
Stock indexes head higher in afternoon trading
The stock market turned higher Tuesday as investors banked on continued policy support from the Federal Reserve. Two big retailers also topped Wall ...
Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history
Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby ...
AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best ...
Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his ...
Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir
Oscar Goodman ran Las Vegas for 12 years with a showgirl on his arm and a martini in his fist. A former mob lawyer, he promoted his city and himself ...
China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected
China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to ...
Policy, discretion guide media sources probes
It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York ...
O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016
His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama.
FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast
Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime ...