Politics

White House 'encouraged' by immigration progress
The White House says it is "encouraged" by recent progress on efforts to overhaul immigration. White House spokesman Jay Carney cited positive ...
Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees
Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni detainees held in Guantanamo Bay protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Monday to demand the ...
Court leaves in place rule for ads on airfares
The Supreme Court is refusing to review a federal rule that requires airlines to include taxes in their advertised fares, a practice that carriers say ...
High court denies appeal from ex-prof in Colorado
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill in his effort to reclaim his job. The justices ...
Sen. Flake sees GOP contender backing gay marriage
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is "inevitable" that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage. The Arizona ...
US hands control of troubled area to Afghans
Afghan special forces took control of part of a troubled province bordering Kabul from U.S. troops on Saturday, ending a weeks-long dispute over abuse ...
Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill
Prospects for a Senate deal on an ambitious rewrite of the nation's immigration laws improved markedly as business and labor appeared ready to set ...
Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding
Russia's foreign ministry is criticizing Washington for channeling funds to non-governmental organizations in ways that get around Russian ...
Former Nev. lawmaker arrested after freeway chase
Police chased a former lawmaker on a freeway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles and arrested him at gunpoint following a struggle, hours after he ...
Okla. governor signs horse slaughter legislation
Oklahoma's 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export ...
NYC deal is key in sick days push, advocates say
Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over ...
Freeway chase led to ex-Nev. lawmaker's arrest
Hours after he became the first person in Nevada history to be kicked out of the state Legislature, an embattled former lawmaker led police on a chase ...
Reward for murderous ex-cop causing controversy
As a cabin smoldered with the body of rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner inside, politicians in a city that lost an officer to his rampage approved a ...
Alaska lawmaker apologizes for racial slur
Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for referring to Hispanic migrant workers ...
Lawyer: Official regrets involvement in baby case
A city official charged with interfering with the police investigation of a baby's slaying in coastal Georgia made a mistake when he tried to help a ...
FBI 'flying saucers' NM memo bureau's most viewed
A single-page FBI memo relaying a vague and unconfirmed report of flying saucers found in New Mexico in 1950 has become the most popular file in the ...
40 years on, Laotians tell of US war legacy
Forty years after the secret U.S. bombing that devastated Laos, heirs to the war's deadly legacy of undetonated explosives are touring America to prod ...
Texas sex offenders in sight of rare policy win
Four convicted sex offenders huddled in a busy hallway at the Texas Capitol, congratulating each other for going public and testifying against a bill ...
Arizona gun proponents launch free gun program
A campaign promising free shotguns for people in Tucson's most troubled neighborhoods has divided some residents in a community still reeling from a ...
Correction: Mandatory Gun Ownership story
In a story March 8 about mandatory gun ownership, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Pennsylvania community had such an ordinance.
Hasty embrace for some lawmakers on gay marriage
As the Supreme Court considered two landmark cases on gay marriage this week, the flood of activity across the street in the Capitol was not lost on ...
Mass rally in Pyongyang in support of Kim Jong Un
Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader's call to arms. Chanting "Death ...
Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, ...
Hagel: B-2s not intended to provoke North Korea
America's unprecedented decision to send nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to drop dummy munitions during military drills with South Korea this week ...
GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy ...