Victim of US rendition wins Europe court ruling
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of a German man who says the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency kidnapped him and took him to a ...

Election over, administration unleashes new rules
While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business ...

NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket
It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline ...

Why it's so hard to step back from 'fiscal cliff'
The "fiscal cliff" crisis bundles together some of Washington's toughest decisions — the ones lawmakers have dodged for years — and says settle them ...

Senate intern, a sex offender, faces deportation
Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by ...
US budget deficit reaches $172B in November
The U.S. federal government's budget deficit widened in November compared to October, a sign that the nation is on a path to its fifth straight $1 ...

THE RESET: Fed forges ahead with easy-money policy
As President Barack Obama and Congress agonize over strengthening the economy without fattening the $16 trillion national debt, the Federal Reserve ...

Ex-first daughter Jenna Bush Hager is pregnant
Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager (HAY'-gur) announced Wednesday that she's pregnant with her first child, due in the spring. The 31-year-old ...

AP Exclusive: ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case
A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says ...

THE RESET: Debt limit looms as next fiscal cliff
We now know what's on the other side of that menacing year-end "fiscal cliff." Another cliff. While White House and Republican congressional leaders ...
A look at how the 'fiscal cliff' affects states
As Congress and the White House negotiate over ways to avoid a "fiscal cliff" at the start of the new year, governors and state lawmakers are watching ...
AP Source: Obama to help unveil factory expansion
President Barack Obama will help announce expansion of a truck engine plant when he visits a Detroit suburb on Monday. The president is visiting the ...

Obama maintains standing with Cuban-Americans
The door for travel to Cuba cracked open during President Barack Obama's first term. Cuban-Americans can now visit family on the island as often as ...

Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a "fiscal cliff" combination of automatic tax increases and ...
Clinton, Bush fund helping Haiti businesses ends
A pro-business fund that was created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake ...

Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit
What happened to the "reset"? U.S.-Russian ties have again plunged into acrimony amid disputes ranging from disagreement on Syria to Russian President ...

Higher rates or fewer tax breaks - what's worse?
In the fiscal cliff wars, a pivotal battle is raging between Democrats demanding to raise revenue by boosting tax rates on the nation's highest ...

Analysis: DeMint move defies GOP shift to center
The surprise job change by the Senate's most prominent tea partyer will complicate Republican moderates' bid to nudge their party toward the center ...

AP-GfK Poll: Obama approval rises postelection
A month after the bitterly fought election, President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according ...

Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks
President Barack Obama, trying to put a personal touch on "fiscal cliff" negotiations, visited a northern Virginia family's basement apartment ...

US attorney in New Orleans resigns amid probe
New Orleans' corruption-busting federal prosecutor resigned Thursday after two top deputies became embroiled in a scandal that threatens to undermine ...