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Syrian opposition: willing to meet with regime
Syria's top opposition leader said Friday that he was willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government to "ease the pain of the ...
Hillary Clinton takes a rest, how weird is that?
Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of ...
Biden: Gun curbs can't end killings but can help
Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, ...
FACT CHECK: Gun-control claims miss target
The intensifying gun-control debate has given rise to sloppy claims on both sides. Here's a sampling, with the first two examples from the Senate ...
Syria a top focus for Biden 3-country trip
The ongoing civil war in Syria will be a primary focus when Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a three-country swing through Europe. Biden leaves ...
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 ...
Reid: Replace automatic cuts in short increments
The top Democrat in the Senate said Tuesday that lawmakers should redouble their efforts to replace looming across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon and ...
Secret Service dog falls to death at Biden event
The Secret Service says one of its canines fell to its death at a New Orleans fundraiser where Vice President Joe Biden was speaking. Secret Service ...
Obama lauds Clinton as she prepares to leave
President Barack Obama lauded Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of his closest advisers and said their shared vision for America's role ...
What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too. That's got ...
Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close ...
Biden heading to Virginia to push gun control
Vice President Joe Biden is taking the White House's campaign for gun control on the road to Virginia. Biden plans a roundtable discussion Friday in ...
Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation ...
Dems push assault weapons ban
Congressional Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in the school massacre at ...
Conn. panel begins task of responding to Newtown
A panel charged by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy with recommending a broad range of state policy changes after the deadly Newtown school shooting ...
Biden to promote gun control in pro-gun Virginia
Vice President Joe Biden is launching a White House campaign of road trips to promote gun control with a visit to Virginia, a state that has ...
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 ...
Obamas, Bidens attend Cathedral prayer service
President Barack Obama began the first full workday of his second term with a rousing, spiritual appeal for unity and strength from church leaders of ...
Obama stands his ground on fiscal debates
President Barack Obama devoted one word — "deficit" — to the issue that brought Washington to the brink of fiscal crises time and again during his ...
Smaller crowd, but still excitement this time
Schoolteacher Patricia Cooper gazed out at the many hundreds of thousands of people lining the National Mall, moments after Barack Obama had been ...
Time to act, Obama declares, taking oath 2nd time
Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to ...
Quick hits and other moments from Obama inaugural
A wistful moment for President Barack Obama came shortly after his public swearing-in ceremony. As he began walking off the inaugural platform to go ...
Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural
President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.