Former President Bill Clinton says the CIA’s recent release of documents about the U.S. involvement in the Bosnian war is a good thing because it lets the American public better…
South Korea shows off some of its new military weapons during its biggest Armed Forces Day parade in a decade. South Korea’s show of force is meant to show North…
Thirty-six states, most of them Republican-controlled, have opted to let the federal government run the exchanges where consumers can shop for individual policies from private insurance firms. Consumers got their…
The Central Command’s report indicated that the Marines at Camp Bastion, one of the largest coalition airfields in Afghanistan, could have foreseen the possibility of a Taliban effort to penetrate…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging world leaders to maintain pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear program, which Israel says is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.Andrew Gombert/Associated Press…
Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, says President Barack Obama isn’t “telling the whole story” when he blames House Republicans for the government shutdown that began Tuesday.Evan Vucci/Associated…
Binzdu1-i-syn Ron Binz, a former Colorado energy regulator who strongly backs renewable energy, was opposed by at least half of the 22-member Senate Energy Committee, including all 10 Republicans and…
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, about the government shutdown. Congress plunged the nation into…
The federal government shut down non-essential agencies and operations Tuesday, the first day of a government shutdown spurred by Congress’ inability to agree on a bill to continue funding government…
The showdown coincides with the end of third-quarter fundraising period and political candidates, parties and outside groups have made it a theme of their frantic, last-minute pitches for cash. Democrats,…
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro says three U.S. diplomats have been expelled from the country for allegedly conspiring with opposition politicians.Associated Press The U.S. Embassy said it had not yet received…
You don’t see other democracies shuttering landmarks and sending civil servants home just because their political parties can’t get along. Belgian civil servants, for example, carried on nicely for a…
Car bombings continue to take a toll in Baghdad, Iraq. A new wave of bombings hit Shiite neighborhoods in the capital city and killed at least 55.Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press Multiple…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asklng President Barack Obama to keep U.S. sanctions on Iran and even tighten them if the country doesn’t end its nuclear program.Charles Dharapak/Associated Press…
Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said in announcing his decision that Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus and Maj. Gen. Gregg A. Sturdevant “did not take adequate…
Government-run health insurance exchanges will begin offering health insurance to Americans Tuesday, even if Congress is unable to reach a deal to continue funding the government. If the government shuts…
The threat of a partial government shutdown grew more likely Monday after the Senate rejected House-passed legislation to provide funding to keep government agencies open while stopping funds to pay…
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Netanyahudu1-i-syn Netanyahu contends Iran is using conciliatory gestures as a smoke screen to conceal an unabated march toward a nuclear bomb. He will deliver those strong words of caution –…
Apple has disabled driving directions to the Fairbanks International Airport after a glitch in its maps app guided drivers to the edge of a runway instead of a terminal, airport…
A dozen wildlife researchers emerge from hiding and sprint to transfer the prized catch into holding boxes and then to a camp nearby. There, they collect feather samples as they…
Zarif also said the United States and its allies must end their crippling economic sanctions as part of any deal. The Western-educated Zarif again repeated Tehran’s position that it has…
Report says it would give state economy a boost
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby son will be christened at the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace on Oct. 23, just more than three months after his birth.…
Contest moved after pressure from Islamists
