WASHINGTON: New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat and next-in-line party leader, said he is breaking with President Barack Obama and will...
WASHINGTON: Pope Francis' historic speech to Congress in September will be viewed by tens of thousands on the National Mall in a landmark event to rival any...
BAGHDAD: An influential Shiite cleric threatened Wednesday to attack U.S. interests in Iraq and abroad over a congressional provision to send arms directly to...
WASHINGTON: House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, rebuffing President Barack Obama on Iran, said Wednesday he had invited Israel's prime minister to...
WASHINGTON: The United States and coalition forces are making progress in the fight against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria, but the American people must...
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military leader told Congress Tuesday that if President Barack Obama's expanded military campaign to destroy Islamist extremists...
WASHINGTON: A U.S. Senate panel has backed a defense spending bill that would double the amount of money for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.The...
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military leaders unanimously supported the Obama administration's exchange of five Taliban leaders for an Army sergeant held prisoner...
WASHINGTON: The House Armed Services Committee will investigate the Obama administration's swap of an American prisoner held for five years for five Taliban...
WASHINGTON: Divided House Democrats are weighing whether to participate in a new investigation of the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the...
WASHINGTON: The House has approved a bill that would bar Iran's choice for ambassador to the United Nations from stepping on U.S. soil.By voice vote,...
WASHINGTON: The former deputy director of the CIA is rejecting claims that political pressure to protect President Barack Obama and onetime Secretary of State...
WASHINGTON: The head of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA Tuesday of criminal activity in improperly searching a computer network set up...
WASHINGTON: A group of Senate Republicans and Democrats say Congress should vote on whether the U.S. leaves troops in Afghanistan after the NATO-led combat...
WASHINGTON: Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration officials convinced a number of senators to hold off on another round of Iran sanctions...
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on the Senate to hold off on another round of Iran sanctions as Western powers test Tehran's...
WASHINGTON: "Obamacare" escaped unharmed from the government shutdown Republicans hoped would stop it, but just as quickly they have opened a new line of...
WASHINGTON: The White House and congressional backers of the National Security Agency's surveillance program warn that ending the massive collection of phone...
WASHINGTON: Limits on secret U.S. surveillance programs and President Barack Obama's push to help Syrian rebels were in dispute as the House of...
WASHINGTON: A team of U.S. special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended was told to stand...
WASHINGTON: The failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program has jumpstarted the congressional push for even...
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that NATO is conducting contingency planning for possible military involvement in Syria and...
WASHINGTON: U.S. military leaders and the American ambassador favor a residual force of 13,600 in Afghanistan after combat troops leave at the end of 2014,...
WASHINGTON: An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia...
WASHINGTON: Chuck Hagel secured the necessary votes for the U.S. Senate to confirm him to be the next defense secretary barring any new, damaging information,...