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Republicans capture control of Congress

WASHINGTON – Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to comp...

Discontented voters hand Senate to Republicans

WASHINGTON – Rising discontent with President Barack Obama produced a Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday that will join the House in confronting the White House on energy, the environme...

Obama: Dems Senate challenge worst since 1950s

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama compared the political landscape for the midterm election Tuesday to the 1958 elections during the presidency of Republican Dwight Eisenhower when his par...

Voters holding their noses, hoping for change

Coast to coast, voters cast ballots with an audible harrumph on Tuesday – many of them unhappy with their choices and doubtful things will get better no matter who wins. There’s E...

Ukraine sends troops to counter Russians

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that additional troops are being deployed to the east, where fighting continues to rage between government forces and pro-Russian separatist ...

Islamic militants accused of abuse

Rights group says children were tortured

World Briefs

Russia to boycott nuclear arms summit VIENNA – Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on ...

Oregon, DC voters OK use of pot

NEW YORK – Voters in Oregon and the District of Columbia approved ballot measures Tuesday allowing the use of marijuana by adults, elating legalization activists who hope to extend their win...

New GOP-run Senate faces same gridlock

© 2014, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Now that power has changed hands in the Senate, there are two scenarios for what is likely to get done in Washington over the next couple ...

Voters grumble all the way to the polls

Americans fed up with both parties’ politicians

Burkina Faso military promises to hand over power

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso’s military said Monday it will hand power to a transitional government under a leader chosen by all sectors of society to fill the power vacuum creat...

2 nuke commanders fired, another disciplined

WASHINGTON – The Air Force on Monday fired two more nuclear commanders and disciplined a third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has suffered a rash of rec...
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