BARACK OBAMA

Nearly 70 percent of voters think prison and criminal justice improvements are needed, an ACLU poll shows.

Tensions in Kenya over the debate on homosexuality and LGBT rights have heightened ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit next week.

Hillary Clinton assails financial executives who break the law, even though her family has accepted money from banks that admitted wrongdoing.

"This deal is not contingent with Iran changing its behavior, or Iran suddenly acting like a liberal democracy."

Former President Bill Clinton told the NAACP his criminal justice policies aimed at reducing violence haven't helped the nation's black youth.

Extremist rebels had attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013, killing 67 people.

According to a new Pew survey, climate change doesn't worry most Americans, despite being a major concern globally.

"We explore because we are human," Stephen Hawking said in a congratulatory message to the New Horizons team.

Nearly half of the Democrats in Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 bid, but she's not taking them for granted.

"In far too many cases, the punishment simply does not fit the crime," the president said.

In 1994, Bill Clinton signed a landmark nuclear deal with North Korea. By 2002, George W. Bush had undone it.

In four days, more than 60 human rights lawyers and activists have been arrested or "disappeared" in China, a petition said.

House Democrats are likely to be key in preventing Republicans from scuttling the deal.

"I hope that Obama will study the reality of Iranian activity in the region and begin to push back against Iran’s ambitions with more alacrity than ... so far."

Just 5 percent of those surveyed said they had "a lot of trust" in Iran, while 55 percent said they would not trust Iran to abide by the deal.

Iran's market will open up for international investment, but not right away.

The deal with Iran could easily be reversed by the next president when Obama leaves office, causing any hope for a lasting impact to crumble.

The two presidents will meet at the White House next week, but it appears Boko Haram and Nigeria's economy won't be the only topics for discussion.

Legislation passed in May will make it very difficult for the Republican-controlled Congress to reverse the president's deal with Iran — but that won't stop them from trying.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says weapons deals will still go ahead under a U.N. resolution despite the embargo.

"If Iran gets a nuclear weapon in a year, or five years, or 10 years, the American people will want to know who supported the deal that gave them that nuclear weapon...and they will hold that person accountable."