Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., Wednesday discusses the bipartisan budget deal she negotiated with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. The Senate approved the compromise Wednesday, sending it to President…
President Barack Obama is expected to announce what changes in policies he will put in place for the National Security Agency next month. A task force is calling for stricter…
To cushion the impact on financial markets, the Fed strengthened its commitment to record-low short-term rates. It says it plans to hold its key short-term rate near zero “well past”…
An old sign for the Fat Black Pussycat Theater is still visible on Minetta Street in New York’s Greenwich Village, where the coffee bar had been a beatnik haven.Greenwich Village…
Retirement announcements came Tuesday from Rep. Tom Latham, a 10-term Iowa Republican from the Des Moines area; Rep. Frank Wolf, a 17-term Republican from northern Virginia; and Rep. Jim Matheson,…
A new poll suggests that many Americans getting health insurance through their jobs are blaming President Barack Obama for their increasing insurance costs even though the increases aren’t tied to…
FORT WORTH, Texas – North Texas prosecutors are trying a second time to imprison a teen who was sentenced last week to 10 years’ probation for drunkenly driving his truck…
The push came during a private meeting with Obama at the White House, which was billed as an opportunity to brief industry leaders on the progress the administration has made…
NASA plans to send astronauts outside the International Space Station to repair a cooling pump that broke down last week. Astronaut Chris Cassidy inspects the broken pump controller box.NASA/Associated Press…
An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader says Iran is committed to continuing talks to reach a permanent agreement on its nuclear program. Ali Akbar Velayati said the “situation is ready”…
NEW DELHI – The arrest and alleged strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York City escalated into a major diplomatic furor Tuesday as India’s national security adviser called…
New North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and senior political and military leaders, including his aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, third right, stand at attention at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, says he and and his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, didn’t discuss the possibility of forming an economic bloc that many Ukrainians fear would tie their…
They’re dubbed the “CamperForce” by the world’s largest online retailer. Hundreds of campers are assigned packing, sorting and collection duties at Amazon warehouses in Kentucky, Kansas and Nevada – roles…
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in “an open letter” that he would be willing to help Brazil’s government investigate U.S. spying on its soil in exchange for being…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada walks on Capitol Hill Tuesday after a bipartisan budget bill cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate Tuesday. The 67-33 vote ensures that…
The growing gap between the richest Americans and everyone else isn’t bad just for individuals it’s hurting the U.S. economy says a majority of more than three dozen economists surveyed…
By noon Monday, 165,000 people visited the site, where people can shop for and buy health insurance, while another 500,000 went to the site over the weekend, said Julie Bataille,…
In this image taken by the on-board camera of the lunar probe Chang’e-3, China’s first moon rover Yutu – or Jade Rabbit – is on the lunar surface in the…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California is disappointed that the budget compromise approved by the House last week didn’t include extending unemployment benefits for Americans. Many lawmakers and congressional…
Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Georgians Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia announced they would vote to send the measure over a critical hurdle in a test…
Most European officials are reacting cautiously to a French proposal that the European Union create a fund to help pay for emergency military interventions in former European colonies. France says…
The man, Thamsanqa Jantjie, was quoted in The Sunday Times of Johannesburg as saying, “It was a community thing, what you call mob justice, and I was also there.” The…
Russia says that its deployment of Iskander missiles in western Russia doesn’t violate any international treaties. Viktor Zavarzin, a member of Russia’s lower house of parliament, says the missiles are…
Manufacturers say it will cost millions of dollars to comply with new Food and Drug Administration regulations requiring them to prove that antibacterial chemicals used in liquid soaps work.Kiichiro Sato/Associated…
Police are investigating a bombing threat that forced evacuations of four buildings on Harvard University’s campus Monday morning. No explosives were found and students were allowed to return to the…
South African blacks are celebrating a new statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela that was unveiled Monday. The statue is outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria and was…
Federal judge says it likely violates U.S. Constitution
Artillery boomed and military aircraft roared through a cloud-studded sky, as the simple and the celebrated gathered to pay their final respects in Mandela’s native village of Qunu at a…
