Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday turned down a request to meet with some Democratic lawmakers, saying he believes such a meeting “could compound the misperception of partisianship” surrounding his…
Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, said Wednesday the West must find a more effective mix of diplomatic, military and economic measures…
Netanyahu Netanyahu’s comments, at a meeting of his Likud Party outside of Jerusalem, come as he plans to address the U.S. Congress on the nuclear negotiations. The West fears Iran…
Republican senators hope to avoid Homeland Security shutdown
Samantha Elauf, center, her mother Majda Elauf, left, and P. David Lopez, general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission leave the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday. The Supreme…
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the share of adults without health insurance dropped to its lowest level in seven years in 2014 as Obama’s overhaul took full effect. The…
Obama vetoes Republican-backed bill approving pipeline
The Bavarian State Library will publish the first new edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” since World War II.Associated Press file photo A noted center for the study of Nazism,…
Senator offers to allow vote on Homeland Security funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A trade group has turned in enough signatures to qualify a referendum on California’s plastic bag ban law, suspending implementation of the nation’s first statewide ban until…
MOSCOW – Russia’s space agency expects the International Space Station to stay in orbit through 2024 and plans to create its own space outpost with its segment of the station…
Rabbis from across Europe take part in a self-defense training class Tuesday during a conference sponsored by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and the European Jewish Association in Prague, Czech…
Foreign nations meet to discuss cease-fire plan
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald, right, with House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., apologized Tuesday for telling a homeless veteran that he had served in the…
Abdalmalik A panel made up of representatives of six government agencies, including the Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, determined on Dec. 5 that Abdalmalik…
GENEVA – Edging toward a historic compromise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran’s nuclear activities for at least 10 years…
The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to stay his court ruling halting President Barack Obama’s executive orders to allow as many as 5 million people in the United…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday speaks about the agency’s budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee session during the National Governors Association…
JOHANNESBURG – A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. A masked…
Cake, candles to celebrate birthday seen as un-Islamic
BOSTON – Judy Clarke has defended those accused of horrific and infamous crimes, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed…
No deaths out of 1,000-plus measles cases in last decade
As investigators in West Virginia and Ontario pick through the wreckage from the latest pair of oil train derailments to result in massive fires, U.S. transportation officials predict many more…
In a battle of B-movies for best picture, the Oscars awarded “Birdman” best picture, opting for a movie that epitomizes much of Hollywood – showy, ego-mad, desperate for artistic credibility…
The move by Energy Fuels Resources Inc. comes amid a lawsuit challenging the Canyon Mine on national forest land about six miles southeast of Tusayan. Work to sink the shaft…
WASHINGTON – Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm this week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn’t also overturn President…
Corporations appealing judge’s decision to do so
