Politics

Jindal: GOP must stop being 'stupid party'
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to "stop being the stupid party" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes ...
Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi
Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an ...
Rhode Island House easily passes gay marriage bill
The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow gays and lesbians to marry in the only New England ...
Prostitution sting lures woman straight to police
Authorities say a 20-year-old Portland woman drove 50 miles to reach the man she thought was her client after being solicited for prostitution through ...
Women in combat: Good to go if they meet standards
Women in the military must have the same opportunities as men to take on grueling and dangerous combat jobs, whether loading 50-pound artillery shells ...
McGovern's personal items to be sold in S. Dakota
George McGovern once gave his daughter a bookend made out of soapstone in the shape of a bear — a symbol of the "Terr the bear" nickname the former ...
Conn. panel begins task of responding to Newtown
A panel charged by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy with recommending a broad range of state policy changes after the deadly Newtown school shooting ...
Kerry skeptical on need for more US forces in Asia
The nominee to be America's top diplomat supports deeper ties with China and is unconvinced the U.S. needs to ramp up its military presence in the ...
Top white-collar crime prosecutor to lead SEC
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, ...
US: NKorea nuke test plan 'provocative'
North Korea's plan to conduct a third nuclear test is "needlessly provocative" and will only increase its isolation, the White House said Thursday, ...
US Oks sanctions on Arab militant group, Saudi man
The U.S. has declared an Arab group responsible for targeting U.S. and Japanese ships as a foreign terrorist organization. The State Department's ...
Panetta: No outward sign Korean nuke test imminent
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he's seen no outward sign that North Korea will follow through soon on its plan to conduct a third nuclear test.
White House says Obama supports women in combat
President Barack Obama says allowing women to serve in combat marks another step toward the country's founding ideals of fairness and equality.
Mexican court frees Frenchwoman in kidnapping case
A Frenchwoman who had spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges was flying back to Paris on Thursday after Mexico's Supreme Court ...
Navy: Random alcohol tests for sailors in US
The Navy said Wednesday it will conduct random blood-alcohol tests on its sailors in the United States starting next month, a sign of how concerned ...
Biden to promote gun control in pro-gun Virginia
Vice President Joe Biden is launching a White House campaign of road trips to promote gun control with a visit to Virginia, a state that has ...
Dems, GOP may be near end of filibuster dispute
Senators may be nearing an end to their partisan dispute over curbing unlimited delays called filibusters. Whatever the resolution, it probably won't ...
Defiant Clinton takes on lawmakers on Libya attack
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the ...
Soul-searching in focus as GOP gathers in NC
Republican soul-searching begins in earnest this week as GOP officials from every state in the nation come together for the first time since their ...
Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime
In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are ...
Sandy helps shore town reach deal on bar closings
A nasty dispute over how much responsibility bars in a popular Jersey shore town have to keep their patrons quiet and well-behaved after last call has ...
Witness describes killings by Malian army
Malian soldiers killed people accused of ties to radical Islamists at a bus stop around the time the French-led military intervention began, a witness ...
Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want action
President Barack Obama's emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and ...
US Afghan commander cleared in Petraeus email case
A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with a ...