Politics

APNewsBreak: Border Patrol to stop interpreting
U.S. Border Patrol agents will no longer serve as interpreters when local law enforcement agencies request language help, according to a new decree ...
Obama, Boehner hold hour-long White House meeting
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner held a "frank" meeting lasting nearly an hour Thursday night, aides to both men said.
Rice withdraws as secretary of state candidate
Susan Rice, the embattled U.N. ambassador, abruptly withdrew from consideration to be the next secretary of state on Thursday after a bitter, ...
Time for states to decide on health care exchanges
Nineteen states have turned down the Obama administration's invitation to run the new health insurance markets that will begin serving millions of ...
Obama's 'red line' may be giving Assad an opening
President Barack Obama's chemical weapons position on Syria may have given Bashar Assad an unintended opening: The embattled Syrian leader appears ...
Egypt vote means fateful choice for nation
Two days before a constitutional referendum it considered boycotting, Egypt's secular opposition finally launched its "no" campaign Thursday with ...
Fiscal cliff splits big, small businesses on taxes
The "fiscal cliff" debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation's ...
Chicago poised to fight over handguns _ again
Facing a climbing homicide rate, Chicago is poised for another fight over handguns — just two years after the last one. When the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Man shoots himself inside Ala. federal courthouse
A worker who killed himself inside an Alabama federal courthouse Thursday went through an employee entrance to avoid a security check that could have ...
Obama administration boosts penalties against Iran
The Obama administration on Thursday stiffened penalties on Iran over its nuclear program by blacklisting 12 companies and individuals for their work ...
Pentagon warns of higher bomb threat in drawdown
American and coalition forces in Afghanistan will be more vulnerable to deadly improvised explosive devices as the military draws down troops next ...
Iraq: Baghdad, Kurds agree to ease tensions
Iraq's central government and Kurdish leaders have reached a deal aimed at easing a military standoff that began last month, the country's president ...
Durbin: White House won't increase Medicare age
One of President Barack Obama's Senate allies said Thursday that an increase in the Medicare eligibility age is "no longer one of the items being ...
GOP decries looming 'regulatory cliff' in new term
While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business ...
Officials: Libyan government slowing investigation
U.S. counterterrorism officials told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is ...
Karzai says he'll meet with Obama in Washington
President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he will meet President Barack Obama in Washington next month to discuss a postwar U.S. role in his country, whose ...
APNewsBreak: Colo gov says time to talk gun laws
Colorado's Gov. John Hickenlooper said "the time is right" for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures, offering his firmest stance in the ...
THE RESET: Cliff talks a waiting game for most
It's an anxiety-filled waiting game for most in Congress, one likely to stretch well into the holidays. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John ...
Obama: Fiscal cliff deal is 'work in progress'
President Barack Obama says a fiscal cliff deal is "still a work in progress" as an end of the year deadline rapidly approaches. Obama made his ...
Mali gets new prime minister after military ouster
The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers behind this year's military coup arrested his ...
Congo rebel group demands president's resignation
The rebel group starting negotiations with the Congolese government wants the country's president to resign, according to a rebel document.
Ukraine parliament speaker elected amid brawls
Ukraine's newly elected parliament on Thursday approved two presidential allies for the posts of prime minister and parliament speaker, but the vote ...
Guinea commission members protest poll date
Ten members of Guinea's electoral commission are voicing concerns about a new plan to hold legislative elections in May. Their letter issued this week ...
Protesters slam Turkish coup plot trial
Turkish police on Thursday used pepper spray and water cannons to push back hundreds of protesters trying to enter a courthouse where prosecutors were ...
Crime, Osprey add to Okinawan anger over US bases
For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America's military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It's the ...