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Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace US
Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at ...
Biden: Economy kept McCain from victory over Obama
Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Arizona Sen. John McCain probably would have beat his boss in the 2008 presidential election had the economy ...
Red line: Obama cautious on Syria chemical weapons
Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his "calculus" about U.S.
Crossing a 'red line'? US says Syria used poison
The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical weapons in his ...
Piece-by-piece on immigration in House
House Republicans will tackle the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach ...
Obama and Bush, partisans who share common ground
Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or ...
A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples.
Congressional immigration debate signals big shift
The national mood on immigration has changed dramatically since Arizona approved a first-of-its-kind immigration law, igniting a furor over border ...
Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers
Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending ...
Suburbs now playing a key role in gun legislation
In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms ...
Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston
Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the ...
Prosecutors move quickly to build Marathon case
The Obama administration has a range of legal options in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they could include seeking the death penalty against the ...
US set to expand nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels
The United States is poised to significantly expand its non-lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition as European nations weigh easing an arms ...
Boston bombings shadow immigration bill
The Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow Friday over the start of debate on legislation to remake the U.S. immigration system, as some Republicans ...
Gun votes carry big risks for Dems in rural states
There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on ...
Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill
Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional ...
Gun control loses: No expanded background checks
Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, ...
Praise, levity greet Hagel in Senate return
Senators who nearly buried Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel found reasons to praise him on Wednesday. Seven weeks after his bruising Senate confirmation ...
Hagel: US sending Army planners to Jordan
The Pentagon is sending about 200 soldiers from an Army headquarters unit to Jordan to assist efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border and ...
Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew ...
General: No rush to set post-2014 US force size
The U.S. should keep troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, but a decision on the number can wait until the Afghan army has ...
Senators plan to unveil immigration bill this week
A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would put the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally on a 13-year path to U.S. citizenship that would ...
Gun background check deal in jeopardy in Senate
A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed ...
Lawmakers ready to unveil immigration deal
A bipartisan group of senators is almost ready to share with colleagues and voters an immigration overhaul crafted over several months. The so-called ...
As US talks up diplomacy, NKorea takes hard line
The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored ...