Politics

Eyeing Syria, White House woos regional rulers
When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try ...
Venezuela's Capriles: Maduro won't last
Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate says he'll cut off subsidized oil to Cuba, distance his country from nations that disrespect human ...
Ohio Amish in beard-cutting case fight for release
Attorneys for a group of Amish men and women found guilty of hate crimes for cutting the hair and beards of fellow members of their faith are arguing ...
Obama apologizes to Calif. AG for comment on looks
President Barack Obama has apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney ...
US Embassy: Va. contractor released in Afghanistan
An American contractor detained in a contract dispute in Afghanistan was released Friday and three U.S. congressmen who complained about his detention ...
Italy pardons US Air Force officer in CIA case
Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian ...
Dempsey says NKorean provocations fit long pattern
North Korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats, while worrisome, appear to fit a decadeslong pattern of provocation followed by uneasy peace, the top U.
Tyson agrees to $4M penalty to resolve EPA case
Tyson Foods Inc. will pay roughly $4 million in civil penalties to settle allegations related to eight accidental anhydrous ammonia releases that ...
Biden: US needs ambitious agenda on exports
Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. still needs an ambitious agenda to make American products competitive overseas. Biden tells an annual ...
Correction: Ammunition Frenzy story
In some versions of a story April 4 and 5 about ammunition sales, The Associated Press erroneously attributed the comment, "This is legitimate gun ...
House group finalizing immigration bill
A group of Republicans and Democrats in the House is finalizing a sweeping immigration bill that offers work permits and the eventual prospect of ...
Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad
Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. The White House will not say ...
Miss. cop, suspect shot, killed inside police HQ
Stunned police officials in Jackson, Miss., are trying to determine how a suspect was able to shoot and kill a homicide detective inside an ...
Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command
One of the American military's most seasoned combat leaders took charge Friday of U.S. Africa Command, whose No. 1 mission is to work with allies to ...
Ala. lawmakers vote to pardon the Scottsboro Boys
The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: The nine black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America's most infamous ...
Ex-Fla. lieutenant governor discusses resignation
Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said Thursday she had no idea law enforcement was investigating a veterans charity accused of running illegal ...
Soldier charged with murder in Fort Knox shooting
A soldier apprehended Thursday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Kentucky's Fort Knox a day earlier
Officials: General fired over alcohol, sex charges
An Army major general with U.S. Africa Command has been relieved of his post in connection with alcohol and sexual misconduct charges, defense ...
Conn. gun law seen as model for Congress, states
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy ...
Dad: W.Va. sheriff slaying suspect mentally 'off'
The man suspected of killing a West Virginia sheriff as he ate lunch in his car was mentally disturbed and had no particular vendetta against law ...
Obama raises California cash for Democrats
Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Barack Obama courted well-heeled donors in California on a two-day ...
Obama: Gun control a tougher slog than immigration
Conceding the fraught politics of guns, President Barack Obama said Thursday that passing legislation curbing access to firearms would be a tougher ...
Advocates call for reforms after NY scandal
The latest in a long string of New York political scandals shows the ongoing need to remove money from Albany politics, advocates for campaign finance ...