US lawmakers may change September 11 law after rejecting veto
US lawmakers expressed doubts on Thursday about September 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia...
President Barack Obama
Mission accomplished?
By Brian Michael Jenkins, To some, President Barack Obama was weak and vacillating on ISIS and homegrown terrorism, and on America’s resolve in Syria, Afghanistan...
Obama urges Americans to get behind Clinton, slams Trump
President Barack Obama painted an optimistic picture of America’s future and offered full-throated support for Hillary Clinton’s bid to defeat Republican Donald Trump in a...
India’s Modi goes to Washington as US partner, but not yet full ally
Two years ago there were questions over whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could get a visa to enter the United States. Next week he...
Netanyahu says declined to meet Obama due to US election campaign
By Jeffrey Heller Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cancellation of a proposed meeting with US President Barack Obama put more strain on their troubled ties...
Clinton backs Obama’s Islamic State strategy in Democratic debate
By John Whitesides and Luciana Lopez U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama’s strategy to fight Islamic State militants in...
Obama to meet with Cuba’s Castro at U.N. on Tuesday – White House
President Barack Obama will meet with Cuba’s President Raul Castro on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
By Roberta Rampton and Denis Dyomkin U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time...
Victims’ relatives gather 14 years after Sept. 11 attacks on US
Relatives of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are due to gather in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington on...
Huckabee’s gas chamber reference to Iran deal draws Israeli criticism
By Jeffrey Heller US Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee drew rare criticism from Israel on Tuesday for comments in which he accused President Barack Obama...
US lacks ‘complete strategy’ to help Iraq fight IS – Obama
By Jeff Mason President Barack Obama, reprising a phrase that caused uproar in Washington last year, said on Monday the United States does not yet...
Former Texas Governor Perry launching bid for US president
By Alistair Bell Former Texas Governor Rick Perry announced on Thursday he will pursue the Republican presidential nomination again in 2016, seeking redemption for a...
Obama expected to push for Gulf missile defense at US summit
By Matt Spetalnick and Andrea Shalal President Barack Obama is expected to make a renewed US push next week to help Gulf allies create a...
Baltimore streets quiet after first night of curfew enforcement (Updated)
By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson The streets of Baltimore were largely quiet overnight, with only scattered arrests reported during a curfew imposed after the...
Japan’s Abe seeks to showcase close US ties on landmark visit
By Matt Spetalnick President Barack Obama will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for White House talks on Tuesday to showcase newly strengthened defense ties...
US Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as attorney general
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Richard Cowan The US Senate voted on Thursday to approve Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama’s next attorney general, ending a...
Obama tells Congress he plans to remove Cuba from terrorism list
By Matt Spetalnick and Daniel Trotta President Barack Obama told Congress on Tuesday he intends to remove Cuba from a US list of state sponsors...
Obama, Castro shake hands as US, Cuba seek better ties
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands on Friday at a summit in Panama, a symbolically charged gesture as the pair...
China cementing reach in South China Sea with civilian infrastructure
By Greg Torode China’s plans for islands it is creating in the South China Sea show for the first time the scale of civilian architecture...
Donald Trump takes formal steps toward 2016 presidential run
By Emily Stephenson Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump took the first steps on Wednesday toward launching a 2016 presidential campaign, a sign...