Politics

Obama rejects notion that trade deal is in danger
As negotiators struggle, President Barack Obama is rejecting suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger and says the U.S. and Japan must ...
Oklahoma court rejects death-row inmates' claims
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, ...
Ky. Senate candidate wants Keystone pipeline OK'd
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called on President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, joining 11 ...
Tiny Pacific nation sues 9 nuclear-armed powers
The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world's eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented ...
US-Japan trade talks suspended without agreement
Talks between the United States and Japan on a Pacific Rim trade pact have halted for now without any resolution in sight, spoiling plans for a ...
Oregon gay marriage ban gets day in court
Lawyers for four gay and lesbian couples and the state of Oregon urged a federal judge Wednesday to strike down Oregon's voter-approved ban on ...
Witness: Iraqi teens posed no threat before death
The Army already looked into allegations that Sgt. 1st Class Michael Barbera killed two unarmed Iraqi boys in 2007. Commanders gave him a letter of ...
Costa Rica is demanding US explain 'Cuban Twitter'
The Costa Rican government says it's still waiting for the Obama administration to explain why it launched the secret "Cuban Twitter" network from ...
Hillary Clinton calls for more sanctions on Russia
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she believes the outcome of the standoff in Ukraine will be a bad one for Russia. Speaking at a University of ...
NTSB head: Action needed now on oil train safety
The Obama administration needs to take steps immediately to protect the public from potentially catastrophic oil train accidents even if it means ...
Former AP reporter Robert Heard dies at age 84
Robert Heard, who reported on Texas state government, politics and sports for The Associated Press, including the 1966 University of Texas tower ...
Rail safety effort marred by squabbling
Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has ...
Hagel seeking to deepen US-Mexico ties
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday he is exploring ways to deepen U.S.-Mexican defense ties, including the possibility of training ...
Gun carry rights expanded in Ga. under new law
Criticized by one group as the "guns everywhere" bill, Georgia took a big step Wednesday toward expanding where licensed carriers can take their ...
Records: Man shot in court had vowed to behave
A defendant who was fatally shot by a U.S. marshal while attacking a witness during a federal court trial had promised a judge earlier that he would ...
Conservative group drops image of Obama from ad
Parents whose children were killed in a Colorado theater shooting on Wednesday demanded a conservative group stop running ads featuring an image of ...
Boogeymen and shady deals define spin for Senate
The fight for the Senate majority boils down to boogeyman billionaires against the shifty septuagenarian — if party operatives' spin is to be believed
First lady announces one-stop job site for vets
To help veterans leaving the military as it downsizes, the government on Wednesday started a one-stop job-shopping website for them to create resumes, ...
Report on CIA interrogations shadows Gitmo trials
The planned release of portions of the Senate report on the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques could add to the legal complications facing ...
California bill reignites affirmative action fight
Nearly 20 years after California became the first state to ban the use of race and ethnicity in college admissions, a proposal to reinstate ...
Missouri executes inmate for 1993 farm slaying
Missouri executed an inmate early Wednesday only a few miles from the farm where prosecutors say he orchestrated the 1993 killing of a couple whose ...
Soldier faces hearing in killings of Iraqi boys
A U.S. soldier accused of deliberately killing two unarmed teenage boys as they herded cattle in Iraq seven years ago is due in military court. Sgt.
Finalists named in Bloomberg European city contest
Amsterdam wants to create an online game to get unemployed young people engaged in finding jobs across Europe. Schaerbeek, Belgium, envisions using ...
Obama visit to Asia seen as counterweight to China
President Barack Obama's travels through Asia aim to reassure partners about the renewed U.S. commitment to the region, with an eye both to China's ...
Republicans in NC's Senate race trade few hits
The candidate in North Carolina's Republican Senate primary with backing from the party's Washington establishment came under little direct criticism ...