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Attorney General Eric Holder will give a speech Monday outlining the legal justification for use of deadly force in the assassination of U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, according to an official in President Barack Obama's administration.

Bridges, best known for his impression of President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was found dead Saturday in his Los Angeles home at age 48. Watch his most masterful performances here, including when he and President Bush spoke side-by-side at the White House Correspondent's Association dinner in 2006.

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has said that Iran will acquire a nuclear bomb if President Obama is re-elected.

A chain of massive tornadoes Friday destroyed the tiny southern Indiana enclave of Daisy Hill, leaving its mark by sweeping the homes away.

U.S. President Barack Obama will be making a speech at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on Sunday, a day before a critical meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran.

The ostentatious conservative political pundit Rush Limbaugh drew himself further into controversy after calling a law school student a slut and prostitute in the aftermath of her testimony before Congress about the need for birth control coverage. On Friday, President Barack Obama called Sandra Fluke -- the 30-year-old, third-year Georgetown University law school student who spoke in front of Congress -- to commend her for her willingness to speak out about her cause.

Iran will likely be the most-discussed issue at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in the next few days, where three of the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination will give prominent speeches the morning of Super Tuesday.

President Barack Obama waded again into the controversy over a mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception by calling and thanking Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student whom conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh labeled a slut for backing the policy.

A study says Roberts Court justices are better educated than their predecessors, have spent more time in academia and serving on the federal appeals courts. But is that kind of experience necessarily a good thing?

Throughout his career, right-winged radio host Rush Limbaugh could counted on for controversial moments, the latest being calling Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke a “slut” for testifying to Congress that religious institutions should cover birth control.

The U.S. and Israeli leaders will try to sort out their differences over what Washington fears could be an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. With the U.S. presidential election just eight months away, Obama's Republican foes have been quick to paint him as tough on Israel and soft on Iran.

Just days before what could be the most consequential meeting of U.S. and Israeli leaders in years, aides to President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scrambling to bridge stark differences over what Washington fears could be an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites.

Ever the instigator, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced Thursday that his six-month investigation into the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate has reached a logical conclusion: It is a complex digital forgery.

The birther conspiracy still hasn't died. After a six-month-long investigation, America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff suggested that the President Barack Obama's birth certificate and selective service registration cards are fakes.

The First Dog, Bo Obama, of President Barack Obama starred in the video for the White House's Easter Egg Roll ticket lottery wearing floppy pink and white bunny ears.

The Republican presidential primary could grind on for months before the GOP anoints a candidate, but the Obama re-election campaign is not standing idly by.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly does not want to force a repeal vote before the November elections in order to boost the re-election chances of Senate Republicans.

Another 26 states and the District of Columbia have requested a federal waiver from parts of the No Child Left Behind law, bringing the total number of exemption-seekers to 38 and underscoring the widespread view that the landmark 2001 education overhaul has been a failure.

Democrats have made deceit and dishonesty in government a science. They are excellent practitioners of vile, wicked behavior. My biggest concern for America is that they very rarely pay any political prices for their misdeeds.

President Obama said he knew about Jeremy Lin before many others.

In a surprise move, North Korea agreed to temporarily suspend its nuclear tests and the launch of long range ballistic missile in exchange for 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the U.S. The breakthrough decision was announced in two separate statements released in Washington and Pyongyang on Wednesday.