Under the program, known formally as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, or SNAP, a family of four that gets $668 per month in benefits will find that amount cut…
“What I can tell you, without a doubt, is that the president never considered that,” Carney said. “And had anyone brought that idea to him, he would have laughed it…
The seizure took place Thursday after a judge in the state of Anzoategui, accompanied by four members of the local police and national guard, entered a Superior depot and ordered…
President Barack Obama says a resurgent al-Qaida threat in Iraq poses a threat to the entire region.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Al-Maliki came to the Oval Office requesting additional aid, including…
DETROIT – A Michigan man claims he tipped federal investigators to the location of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan eight years before his killing and has hired attorneys to…
Dr. Lester Minto, who has offered abortions at the Reproductive Services clinic in Harlingen, Texas, for years, says he is worried many of the women he serves may be forced…
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi held protests througout the country Friday, calling for the government to cancel his trial on charges of inciting his supporters to murder.Amr Nabil/Associated…
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, is reportedly dead after being targeted in a U.S. drone strike. Mehsud was wanted by the United States for allegedly planning a failed bombing…
JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft bombed what the military described as a “terror tunnel” used by Hamas in Gaza and the militant Palestinian group said three of its fighters were killed…
The gunman was wounded in a shootout with police and taken into custody, authorities said. The attack at the nation’s third-busiest airport sent terrified travelers running for cover and disrupted…
Opposition Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants to talk to Congress and explain why he has leaked information about U.S. surveillance programs. Stroebele met…
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says nine states are refusing to issue Pentagon ID cards to same-sex partners of National Guard members in their states. He is having the head of…
China and several other Southeast Asian nations are demanding explanations from the United States and its allies about reports that it is using U.S. and Australian embassies in the area…
The ongoing budget talks offer House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, a chance to build his credibility within Congress and on the national level. Onlookers are watching…
Alberto Zamperla, president of amusement park ride company Zamperla Inc., wants to build a theme park on an abandoned island in Venice, Italy. The park would have rides but would…
Some Saudi Arabian men are supporting women in their efforts to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. Several women have been campaigning to be allowed to drive, and some…
Flight attendants, consumer groups and others are applauding Thursday’s decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to allow passengers to use electronic devices on airplanes. The new rule ends a 50-year-old…
But critics of U.S. surveillance programs and privacy rights experts said the bill does little, if anything, to end the daily collection of millions of records that has spurred widespread…
President Barack Obama is facing growing pressure from members of his own party who want the president to push for measures the administration hasn’t backed. The challenges from within his…
An official with the the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says Syria has completed the destruction of equipment to make chemical weapons. The announcement comes as a watchdog…
“China’s counterterrorism capabilities are rudimentary, they lack high-grade, high-quality intelligence to fight terrorism,” said Rohan Gunaratna, a Singapore-based terrorism expert who has researched terrorism in China. On Wednesday, Chinese police…
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, is asking the United States for more weapons and advisers to help battle a rising insurgency in the Mideast country.Molly Riley/Associated Press The request…
The report from the Government Accountability Office says the Federal Protective Service, which safeguards the country’s federal buildings, lacks an effective system for making sure that its contract guards have…
Senior advisers for President Barack Obama say no one involved in getting the healthcare.gov website up and running ever told the president the website’s launch could be troubled even though…
Several watchdog groups are attacking a new Pakistani government report suggesting just 3 percent of the people killed by U.S. drone strikes in the country since 2008 have been civilians.Kirsty…
Google officials say the company is increasing encryptation on all its networks to increase security at its data centers. New reports say the National Security Agency broke into Google and…
Photo physicist Dan McKinsey of Yale University is one of the researchers looking for dark matter with a detector built in an abandoned gold mine in Lead, S.D.Kristina Barker/Associated Press…
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is accepting responsibility for the technical problems that have plagued the launch of the government’s health-care insurance exchange. During testimony before Congress, Sebelius…
Charles Dharapak/Associated Press<br><br>European outrage at alleged American spying on citizens and government leaders in Europe is leading some European Union officials to consider requiring changes in the Safe Harbor pact…
Heading to Washington to spend Tuesday urging House Republicans to take up a broad immigration overhaul, the team of Utah business leaders buttonholed several members of their state’s congressional delegation…
