Politics

In Afghan Taliban birthplace, US troops step back
President Barak Obama will decide in the coming weeks how many American troops to send home from Afghanistan next year. A major factor in his decision ...
Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal
In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in ...
Former SC Gov. Sanford eyes US House bid
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who left public life two years ago after mysteriously disappearing to visit his then-mistress in Argentina, ...
Inouye praised as humble leader at Hawaii Capitol
The late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye is being praised as a humble leader who embodied honor, dignity and duty during a public visitation at Hawaii's state ...
Reid urges quick appointment of Inouye successor
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is asking Hawaii's governor to act before the end of the year to fill the Senate vacancy created by the death of ...
Obama condemns deadly violence in Kenya
President Barack Obama is condemning violence in Kenya that left at least 39 people dead in renewed fighting between farming and herding communities ...
List of 1000s of missing raises doubts in Mexico
Federal police officer Luis Angel Leon Rodriguez disappeared in 2009 along with six fellow police as they headed to the western state of Michoacan to ...
Yet another Senate race on the horizon in Mass.
Massachusetts voters weary from one of the nation's costliest and most divisive U.S. Senate races are all but certain to find themselves thrown back ...
FBI question Benghazi consulate attack suspect
After months of asking, agents from the FBI questioned the only known suspect in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed ...
Obama and family arrive in Hawaii for Christmas
President Barack Obama and his family have arrived in Honolulu to spend Christmas in Hawaii, where the president was born and raised. Air Force One ...
Kerry a familiar face on the world stage
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son ...
Obama and family fly to Hawaii for Christmas
President Barack Obama and his family are spending the Christmas holidays in Hawaii, where the president was born and raised. The first family left ...
NRA calls for armed police officer in every school
Guns and police officers in all American schools are what's needed to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings," the National Rifle Association ...
Proposed Russian ban dismays US adoption groups
U.S.-based advocates of international adoption, who have grown accustomed to discouraging news in recent years, have a new cause for dismay: a bill ...
Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, one of Washington's most respected voices on foreign policy, as his next ...
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel apologizes for gay comment
Chuck Hagel, the former U.S. senator believed to be President Barack Obama's leading choice for defense secretary, apologized Friday for remarks he ...
Conn. shooting victims remembered worldwide
People around the country and world paused for a moment Friday morning to memorialize the 26 victims of the massacre a week ago at an elementary ...
Gun control debate heating up in statehouses
As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with ...
Obama hails Inouye as 'extraordinary'
With reverential words and warm memories, President Barack Obama on Friday led the admirers paying tribute to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, ...
Wisconsin court upholds domestic partner registry
Gay rights advocates scored a major win Friday when an appeals court ruled Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry was constitutional, but the ...
Liberian children pay tribute to Conn. victims
Twenty Liberian schoolchildren from a school sponsored by the Newtown Rotary Club in this West African nation on Friday gathered at the U.S.
Judge dismisses suit challenging Senate filibuster
A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate rules that establish a 60-vote threshold for defeating filibusters.
US penalizes 4 companies linked to Iran arms
The Treasury Department is blacklisting four companies and one Iranian executive for their links to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Russian parliament passes anti-US adoption measure
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban adoption of Russian children by Americans, sending the ...
Obama on gun violence: 'We hear you'
President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school ...