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African Union head visits Central African Republic
The leader of the African Union, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in ...
US family pleas for couple missing in Afghanistan
The family of an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband has broken months of silence over the mysterious ...
Obama signs renewal of foreign surveillance law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government's authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected ...
Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013
Recalling the shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama pledged to put his "full ...
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the ...
Ag secretary sees common ground on gun control
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Newtown school shootings have changed the gun control debate and that rural America is ready to be part of ...
US troops sent to aid African diplomat evacuation
President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the ...
State Dept. warns Americans about Haiti travel
The State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, ...
Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run
An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want ...
Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate
Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn ...
Suspected US drone kills 3 al-Qaida men in Yemen
Three al-Qaida militants were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen, Yemeni security officials said, the fourth such attack this ...
Obama: Congressional leaders may avoid cliff dive
President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, saying the nation "can't afford a politically self-inflicted ...
Budget battle sends mixed signals on health care
Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million ...
Central African Republic rebels take another city
Rebels continued their advance on Saturday, seizing the city of Sibut, 185 kilometers (114 miles) from Bangui, the capital, a government official ...
General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of ...
APNewsBreak: Sen. Crapo won't fight DUI charge
U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo, the Idaho Republican arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, doesn't plan to fight the charges when he appears in court in ...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats.
Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from ...
C. African Republic neighbors to send help
Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of ...
Senate leaders in last-ditch fiscal cliff talks
The Senate's top Democrat and Republican say they're entering last-minute talks with the White House aimed at avoiding the fiscal cliff.
Bipartisan senators propose curbing filibusters
A bipartisan group of senators proposed Friday to clamp modest limits on filibusters, hoping to head off a bitter partisan fight over the issue when ...
Fewer US banks failing as industry strengthens
U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008.
Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty
Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching ...