Politics

THE RESET: Delivering GOP response a dubious honor
Most presidents are clearly energized from delivering their State of the Union addresses. The grandiose setting of a packed House chamber, the pomp ...
Congressman seeks to overturn Citizens United
A Democratic Minnesota congressman is introducing a constitutional amendment designed to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United ...
Obama extends thanks, prayers to departing pope
President Barack Obama is sending his thanks and prayers to Pope Benedict XVI, who announced Monday that he will step down this month. Obama says he ...
Mass. campus searches for answers to gun violence
On a Friday afternoon in December, Lee Pelton was driving home with his 13-year-old daughter in the passenger seat when radio reports of the Newtown ...
NRA's LaPierre: Wonk with million-dollar megaphone
Wayne LaPierre would just as soon read a book as fire a gun. That's right, the National Rifle Association's fire-breathing defender of gun rights is ...
Senator vows to delay Obama's nominees over Libya
Sen. Lindsey Graham is determined to get more answers about the deadly Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Now the South ...
Gates backs lawmakers' oversight of drone program
Robert Gates, a former defense secretary and spymaster, is backing lawmakers' proposal to form a special court to review President Barack Obama's ...
Search for fugitive ex-cop sets region on edge
Police blocked off a street and stood guard in front of a home in a typically quiet Southern California suburb Sunday, protecting a man they believe ...
Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels
After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new ...
A state-by-state look at the Northeast snowstorm
A look at effects in states and provinces in the path of the massive storm that swept across the Northeast U.S. and southern Canada: ___ CONNECTICUT ...
Lawmaker: Cyberattacks against US getting worse
The U.S. is vulnerable to cyberattacks that could shut down financial services or destroy information that companies need for daily operations, the ...
Durbin: Spending cuts were threat, not strategy
A top Democrat says the automatic spending cuts set to take effect were meant as a threat, not a strategy. Sen. Dick Durbin, the assistant majority ...
Talks to end Bahrain crisis begin amid mistrust
After nearly two years of nonstop unrest, opposing factions in Bahrain began talks on Sunday to ease an Arab Spring conflict that has run longer than ...
Cheney criticizes Obama nominees in Wyoming speech
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard ...
Canada ahead of US in allowing women in combat
On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled ...
LAPD to reopen probe into fugitive ex-cop's firing
The hunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings continued in snow-covered mountains Saturday as the LAPD's chief said he ...
Fugitive's rant puts focus on evolving LAPD legacy
Fugitive former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner's claim in an online "manifesto" that his career was undone by racist colleagues ...
Texas prosecutor's tough, softer sides recalled
A Texas prosecutor gunned down outside his courthouse office last month was remembered Saturday for his zealousness in pursuing tough cases, love of ...
Chicago remembers teen victim of city gun violence
Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral Saturday for a Chicago honor student whose killing ...
Egypt court orders YouTube blocked for a month
A Cairo court on Saturday ordered the government to block access to the video-sharing website YouTube for 30 days for carrying an anti-Islam film that ...
A Texas-sized silence as immigration talks ramp up
With nearly 2 million illegal immigrants and a 1,200-mile border with Mexico, Texas has more at stake than most states in the renewed push to overhaul ...
Seagal, Ariz sheriff train posses to guard schools
The self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff" is joining forces this weekend with action movie star Steven Seagal to train volunteer armed posse ...
Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting ...
Iowa governor pardons pig before bacon festival
A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa's popular bacon festival is about to begin. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad pardoned the ...
A look at Big Bear Lake, where cop fugitive may be
Located just 90 miles east of Los Angeles in the rugged San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Lake provides the perfect weekend refuge for folks ...