At a conference in New Orleans, the U.S. attorney general echoed President Obama’s calls for reform in the nation's prisons.
In an op-ed published Monday, the president said the reforms would affect approximately 10,000 federal prisoners.
Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama has done nothing for African-Americans.
Yahoo News began publishing Monday correspondence archived by convicted killer Ted Kaczynski.
The U.S. secretary of state met Monday with Laos' Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong to urge ASEAN unity in the face of Chinese claims.
Clinton's third major newspaper endorsement of the weekend comes as she battles Bernie Sanders ahead of the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.
The Chicago Police Department has been embroiled in a series of controversies over a string of incidents involving officers’ lethal use of force.
Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the polls heading into the Iowa caucuses.
In advance of the next round of peace talks, U.S. authorities say they are ready to find a military solution to the problem posed by the Islamic State group in Syria.
The Kremlin is eyeing the possibility of oil hedging and a social security program cut as the economy continues to be battered.
Is the Russian president loved or feared by the country's people? It's hard to tell from survey data.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said the U.S. will commit ground troops to the war against ISIS in Iraq.
Weighing in on the 2016 presidential race, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said “everyone in the United States is supported by the government in their healthcare.”
The fighter jet deal is part of a $150-billion military modernization drive India has launched.
The departure of Susan Hedman, effective Feb. 1, came on the same day that President Barack Obama announced $80 million in federal aid to Flint, Michigan.
Rick Snyder is expected to testify on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3 in connection with a water-contamination crisis in the Flint area.
Marina Litvinenko, widow of a former Russian spy, might not get the answers she seeks from the British government about her husband's death.
Russians are consuming less alcohol, with prices of imported favorites like whiskey likely to increase.
U.S. president Barack Obama said that he would wear glares and cry during his little girl's graduation.
Passage of the bill is viewed as a key step toward securing a "safe harbor" framework after a European court struck down the previous one.
The president traveled to the state Wednesday to get a closer look at the contamination problem in Genesee County.
It would have required the FBI to certify that refugees from Iraq and Syria had undergone significant background checks.