Politics

US doubles aid to Syrian rebels, who want more
The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and ...
Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's ...
Prosecutors move quickly to build Marathon case
The Obama administration has a range of legal options in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they could include seeking the death penalty against the ...
Obama, top security officials discuss Boston probe
President Barack Obama has met with top national security officials to discuss the Boston Marathon investigation and the capture of the second suspect
Attorney: Scant evidence in Mississippi ricin case
Federal authorities have produced scant evidence linking a Mississippi man to the mailing of ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator, his ...
Obama: Boston capture closes out a 'tough week'
President Barack Obama pledged to seek answers for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and acknowledged that the capture of a second suspect ...
FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev after 2011 tip
The Russian FSB intelligence security service told the FBI in early 2011 about information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the brothers suspected in ...
Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope
Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters.
Obama: Boston capture closes chapter in tragedy
President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings "closed an important chapter in this ...
US set to expand nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels
The United States is poised to significantly expand its non-lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition as European nations weigh easing an arms ...
Experts: Ricin like that in letters easy to make
The ricin mailed to the president and a U.S. senator is relatively easy to make but generally can't be used to target a large number of people, ...
Judge sides with sons about Jim Thorpe's remains
The two surviving children of sports great Jim Thorpe won a critical ruling Friday in federal court that could clear the way for his remains to be ...
Its streets deserted, an uneasy Boston perseveres
The Red Sox and the Bruins both scrapped their games. The famous Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall was closed, and there were more pigeons than tourists ...
Arkansas turns to different lethal injection drug
After surrendering its supply of a lethal injection drug to federal agents in 2011, Arkansas turned to a somewhat surprising place to look for another ...
Wash. bar owner allowing pot use faces crackdown
Jeff Call knew he was pushing the envelope when he started letting people use marijuana at his rum-and-pizza joint in Tacoma. But he didn't quite know ...
Boston bombings shadow immigration bill
The Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow Friday over the start of debate on legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, as some Republicans ...
Gun votes carry big risks for Dems in rural states
There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on ...
Gov't sources: Boston bomb suspect went to Russia
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later, government officials told ...
Congressman: Suspects had cache of explosives
The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects had collected pipe bombs, grenades and ...
Kerry: Partly there delivering justice for Boston
Secretary of State John Kerry says "we are part of the way there" in finding those responsible for the Boston bombing and bringing them to justice.
After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
The morning routine started before dawn with a prisoner chanting the Muslim call to prayer through a small opening in the heavy steel door of his cell ...
Uncle of bomb suspects confirms 2nd suspect's name
A U.S. law enforcement official and the uncle of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are confirming that the name of the second suspect is ...
Obama taking action on gun background check system
Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from ...
Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking ...
Former official charged in Texas DA slayings
A former Texas justice of the peace seeking revenge for a theft conviction that ended his judicial career carried out a plot with his wife to kill the ...