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Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a ...
SUPER BOWL WATCH: Katrina, Coin flip bets, Modell
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...
White House: Hagel will win Senate confirmation
The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him ...
Obama hoping for close match in Super Bowl
President Barack Obama is hoping for a close game in this year's Super Bowl. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will watch Sunday's ...
THE RESET: Gov't slowing economic and job growth
President Barack Obama declared last June that "the private sector is doing fine." And President Ronald Reagan liked to tell audiences, "Government ...
Menendez says he reimbursed donor for 2 jaunts
Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 on Jan. 4 of this year for the full cost of two of three ...
Iran says it will speed up nuclear program
In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel ...
Obama decides not to extend term of jobs council
President Barack Obama is letting his jobs council expire, cutting off one source of input from business leaders while unemployment remains stubbornly ...
Economic jitters compete with Obama agenda
Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is elbowing its ...
Teen performer at inaugural events fatally shot
A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in ...
GOP lawmakers see automatic cuts as leverage
There's a growing sense of resignation that the country's political leaders will be unable or unwilling to find a way around looming automatic ...
Mass. gov's ex-aide Cowan named interim US senator
Although his time in the U.S. Senate will be brief — less than five full months — William "Mo" Cowan could find himself in the thick of major policy ...
White House petitions: Huge response, headache too
No, the U.S. will not be building a Death Star. And no, President Barack Obama will not deport CNN's Piers Morgan or let Texas secede. These are just ...
White House: Egypt's democracy on 'difficult path'
Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative ...
White House praises Senate immigration plan
The White House is praising an agreement on immigration reform reached by senators from both parties, calling it an important first step.
White House, senators launching immigration push
President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for ...
Court says Obama appointments violate constitution
President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Labor Relations Board, ...
Envoy: SKorea's Park open to dialogue with NKorea
South Korea's new president will not tolerate North Korean provocations but will continue to push for dialogue with Pyongyang, a special envoy to ...
Gay rights groups seek order on employer bias
Gay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating ...
Debt crisis averted - but spring fight still ahead
Retreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but ...
53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline
More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move ...
Rise of Israeli centrist raises hopes for peace
The unexpectedly strong showing by a new centrist party in Israel's parliamentary election has raised hopes of a revival of peace talks with ...
Cameron proposes British vote on EU relationship
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Wednesday to offer citizens a vote on whether to leave the European Union if his party wins the next ...
Biden's recent moves stoking chatter about 2016
Joe Biden is thanking Democratic supporters in the afterglow of President Barack Obama's second inauguration, dropping plenty of hints that he may try ...
White House: Allen's NATO nomination to go ahead
The White House said Wednesday it will go ahead with Gen. John Allen's nomination to become commander of NATO forces in Europe, following his ...