Politics

Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies
President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday, denouncing as "outrageous" the targeting of conservative political ...
Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics
House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as ...
Obama: UK should seek EU changes, not 'break' ties
President Barack Obama waded into British politics Monday, suggesting that the United Kingdom seek to reform its relationship with the European Union ...
US criticizes Egyptian action against youth leader
The Obama administration is blasting Egyptian authorities for detaining a prominent youth movement leader on possible charges including "incitement ...
Carney: White House counsel told of IRS review
White House spokesman Jay Carney says the IRS inspector general notified the White House counsel's office during the week of April 22 that it was ...
Activists call on Obama to stop deportations
Immigration activists are calling on President Barack Obama to end deportations of immigrants who might be eligible for legal status under a new ...
Critics lukewarm on US plans in Arctic
A new U.S. strategy for the Arctic region has gotten a lukewarm response from a think tank that says the plan amounts to a "lengthy wish list" with ...
Obama calls GOP talk on Benghazi a sideshow
President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling ...
Ex-Gov. Huntsman launching talk show on SiriusXM
Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a 2012 presidential candidate, is helping launch a new monthly radio talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio ...
Herseth Sandlin rules out run for SD Senate seat
Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson.
North Korea replaces hard-line defense minister
North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside ...
Pakistan's next premier an Islamist comeback kid
The man set to become Pakistan's next prime minister after historic elections over the weekend could be called the Islamist comeback kid. Nawaz Sharif ...
Ginsburg: Roe gave abortion opponents a target
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she supports a woman's right to choose to have an abortion, but feels her predecessors' landmark ...
Obama praises democratic transition in Pakistan
President Barack Obama is praising Pakistanis for upholding what he calls their commitment to democratic rule by successfully completing parliamentary ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
Gates: No to direct military involvement in Syria
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he thinks direct U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war — particularly direct military involvement — would ...
Chinese air their cases by petitioning White House
The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive ...
UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games
Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been ...
Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs
First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, ...
2 inmates charged in Mo. with attempted kidnapping
Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of ...
Smoke forces evacuation of White House West Wing
Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated ...
Top US, Afghan diplomats meet on security pact
Senior American and Afghan officials held talks Saturday to try to iron out the details of a key pact signed a year ago that defines the future of the ...
GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond
Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and ...
Obama to name Crocker to broadcast governing board
President Barack Obama says he will nominate former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency ...