Ryan Ryan announced the deal in a closed-door late-night meeting with GOP lawmakers. He urged Republicans to support it even though it’s a compromise containing plenty of wins for Democrats.…
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Lloyd Austin, speaks at the Pentagon on Monday…
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face a general court martial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, the Army announced Monday. The decision means Bergdahl could face stiffer punishment.Voice…
President Barack Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other national security officials Monday about the country’s fight against the Islamic State and sympathizers…
The Fedeeral Aviation Administration announced Monday that it will require most drone owners to register on a new website so the government can better educate and track drone users.Rick Bowmer/Associated…
WASHINGTON – The worst-kept secret in the financial world is that the Federal Reserve is all but sure Wednesday to raise interest rates from record lows by a modest quarter…
At the Gig Peeling Factory, nearly 100 Burmese laborers were trapped, most working for almost nothing. They spent 16 hours a day with their aching hands in ice water, ripping…
Baltimore City police officer William Porter, center, one of six police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, leaves Courthouse East after his trial had gone into…
Republican presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in Washington. Donald Trump will be standing at center stage, but Cruz will be in the spotlight during Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate.…
Aortic valve surgery patient Irwin Weiner poses for a photo on Friday, at his home in Boca Raton, Florida. Very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive…
Snagging the $300 ax you never knew you needed ... or even wanted
LOS ANGELES – A black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles deputies kept holding a gun as he lay dying on the ground, authorities said Sunday in response…
The post-massacre atmosphere has also provoked anxiety among Muslims in this part of Southern California. On Friday, an arsonist started a fire with a Molotov cocktail in a lobby of…
But in the three years since, many states have moved in the opposite direction, embracing the National Rifle Association’s axiom that more “good guys with guns” are needed to deter…
attack victim, psychological wounds just as painful as bullets
Obama’s visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center are part of a push to further explain his terrorism-fighting strategy, White House officials said, after a prime-time Oval Office…
54% of Republicans in poll agree with temporary ban
KABUL, Afghanistan – Attackers entered the Spanish Embassy in Kabul after a deadly car bombing in a diplomatic neighborhood of the Afghan capital, engaging in an hour-long shootout with security…
Nestle officials announced in November that a report commissioned by the company had found that some of the Thailand suppliers who provide seafood for its Fancy Feast cat food use…
Researchers say the in vitro fertilization technique used to conceive seven test tube puppies at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca,…
Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of the biting cold while ice skating in 1873. The first earmuffs were then…
A silo full of dehydrated sweet potatoes has been smoldering in the town an hour east of Raleigh since at least the week of Thanksgiving, said Farmville town manager David…
WASHINGTON – Republican voters don’t think Donald Trump is likable. They don’t think he’s compassionate. And many don’t consider him particularly honest. But he’s overwhelmingly viewed as decisive and competent.…
HAVANA – Cuba and the United States announced Friday they have struck a deal to re-establish direct mail service, which was cut in 1963 at the height of Cold War…
Evidence offers new details about biker shootout
