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Slain U.S. civil rights workers among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Three civil rights workers slain in Mississippi in 1964 will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Fr...

Nov 10, 2014 09:10 PM EST

Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the nu...

Nov 08, 2014 03:13 AM EST

Republicans seize control of Senate in U.S. midterm elections

Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to sweeping midterm election wins on Tuesday, seizing co...

Nov 05, 2014 02:07 AM EST

Obama says he sees 'worst possible' Senate map since Eisenhower

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the Senate electoral map heavily favors Republicans, mak...

Nov 04, 2014 08:02 PM EST

Ahead of tough election, White House blames dismay with Washington

With many races still tight but polls showing a general trend in favor of Republicans, the White Hou...

Nov 03, 2014 07:42 PM EST

Maryland man charged with threatening to kill Obama in email

A 42-year-old Maryland man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and first lady Mich...

Nov 02, 2014 10:26 PM EST

To salvage his presidency, Obama faces pressure to reboot - but will he

A reshuffling of President Barack Obama’s staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressiona...

Nov 02, 2014 07:59 PM EST

U.S. investigator of Colombia scandal quits over prostitution case: NYT

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official who ran an investigation of a prostitution scandal i...

Oct 29, 2014 08:45 PM EDT

Oregon, Alaska, D.C. voters to weigh legal marijuana in November

Voters in the U.S. capital and two West Coast states will decide in the Nov. 4 elections whether to ...

Oct 29, 2014 09:46 AM EDT

Brooklyn prosecutor emerges as a top candidate to lead U.S. Justice Department

Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replac...

Oct 28, 2014 12:38 AM EDT

One in six female MIT students a victim of sexual assault -survey

One in six female undergraduates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who responded to a survey ...

Oct 27, 2014 08:26 PM EDT

Waiting on Jeb: Will another Bush run for the White House in 2016?

Republican Jeb Bush's flirtation with a possible run for the White House in 2016 has been so low key...

Oct 26, 2014 10:05 PM EDT

White House questions new Ebola rules, nurse plans to sue

The White House has told states that have imposed mandatory quarantines for some travelers from Ebol...

Oct 26, 2014 09:19 PM EDT

White House ex-counsel now off of Attorney General list

Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, a leading candidate in President Barack Obama's search ...

Oct 26, 2014 05:46 AM EDT

Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones

New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West ...

Oct 25, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

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