The Taliban has reportedly taken two districts in eastern Afghanistan from the Islamic State group, which has recently seen gains in the country.
A bill would eliminate certain requirements for buying health insurance and end federal funding to Planned Parenthood for a year.
The president is set to announce executive actions Tuesday aimed at reducing gun violence in America.
Shares of Smith & Wesson and Ruger surge as traders bet gun-control talk will prompt more weapon sales.
The president said Monday that he is well within his executive authority to enact measures against gun violence.
With over 9,000 dead, Ukraine is again calling for the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to the Donbass region.
About 64 percent of Americans rated Bill Clinton’s presidency favorably in 2014.
Rep. Jim McDermott, a liberal stalwart, was reportedly set to announce his retirement Monday. The district is solidly Democratic.
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s scheduled executive action on gun control, a leading GOP presidential candidate is planning to give away a gun.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has hinted at the possibility Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian could be freed in an exchange for Iranian prisoners.
President Hassan Rouhani just ordered his defense minister to expand Iran's missile program over Western protests.
Protests over the Saudi execution of a dissident cleric boiled over in the capital of the kingdom's archenemy, as well as among Shiites worldwide.
The Iranian progress could trigger implementation of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next couple of weeks, the White House says.
Tehran does not accept that a U.N. resolution bars it from testing missiles, as long as it has no nuclear warheads to place on them.
As the U.S. president enters his final full year at the White House, he’s made plans to pursue changes in a number of policy areas, both foreign and domestic.
In his weekly radio address, U.S. President Barack Obama said he was moving unilaterally on the issue of gun violence because Congress has failed to act.
"Why now?" Clinton asked an aide when an October 2011 image of her looking at her phone suddenly went viral six months later.
On the last day of 2015, the Kremlin listed former Soviet republics and extremist groups as posing possible security concerns in the new year.
Kremlin officials have not responded to Ukraine's allegations that Russian hackers knocked out electricity in the country.
Bush said Wednesday that the Cleveland case — in which police officers were not indicted — was probably an example of the justice system working properly.
The moves — expected next week, according to reports — will follow a failed legislative push for stricter laws.
Most police-involved killing cases prosecuted in 2015 were filed by the prosecutors themselves, an analysis found.