BARACK OBAMA

As the year draws to an end, the House and Senate agreed to a five-year transportation bill that ends over a decade of short-term punts.

Major U.S. businesses joined the White House this week in voicing support for an aggressive outcome at the United Nations climate change talks in Paris.

Hours before the U.S. announced it would send ground troops to Iraq to fight the Islamic State, Clinton said she was against the move. That was less than two weeks after she previously said she was in favor of it.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an optimistic speech Tuesday at the Paris climate talks before leaving France.

Some Republicans vowed not to vote for the bill because they said it did not repeal enough parts of the law.

China, which has pledged to set an example for other countries trying to combat climate change, will launch two satellites to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.

Obama’s comments came after he met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Paris, where the two have been attending the ongoing climate change conference.

Under new measures, the Department of Homeland Security would collect more information about travelers' past trips to countries like Syria and Iraq.

The Florida man known for fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012 said Monday that his legal case would continue.

Robert Dear, accused of killing three during a long standoff and shootout in Colorado, made his first court appearance via video Monday.

A $31 billion trade relationship is about to change as Moscow responds to Turkey's strike against a Russian warplane.

Rob Malley will likely face criticism for brokering the Iran deal and for his account of failed Mideast talks in 2000.

After Donald Trump's scheduled press conference with 100 black evangelical pastors was canceled, some said they were misled by the billionaire.

The pair will reportedly appear together in Omaha Dec. 16 to discuss tax reform.

The leaders of China and the U.S. emphasized that climate change will only be solved if developed and developing nations can find ways to work in partnership.

The plan is expected to increase public trust toward police and reduce complaints against officers.

The U.S. president, in Paris for the climate summit, paid tribute to those who died at the Bataclan concert hall during the Nov. 13 terror attacks.

After the attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic, politicians have refrained from the line that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

"My jobs plan starts with investing in infrastructure," Clinton said on Sunday at the launch of "Hard Hats for Hillary" in Boston.

Despite the lack of incentives from American Express, some small shops reported an uptick in customers on the holiday.

Carson toured a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan Saturday.