The president was expected Monday to reveal $240 million in private-sector projects that aim to inspire kids to study science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM.
During his first speech as a declared candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz said more evangelical Christians and young people need to vote.
With elections looming, the U.S. president calls on Nigeria’s leaders and citizens to ensure they are free, fair and peaceful.
Cruz was born to an American mother and Cuban father on Canadian soil.
The law has made sweeping changes to American health care, but the detailed picture is more complicated.
Senator John McCain criticized recent remarks made by the Obama administration on Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection.
Singapore's former prime minister will lie in state at Parliament House for five days.
The far-right U.S. senator in Texas faces a challenge in attracting mainstream Republican voters, a political adviser says.
Obama also scolded Netanyahu over his remarks about Arab Israelis voting.
"We recognize that fundamental decisions have to be made now, and they don't get any easier as time goes by," the U.S. secretary of state says.
Loretta Lynch has had to wait 134 days and counting for the U.S. Congress to hold a vote confirming her as attorney general.
The Associated Press reported that Iran and the U.S. are close to zeroing in on a draft nuclear deal. However, the claim was refuted by both countries.
Strains have been growing within the 28-country bloc over sanctions which some member governments have only supported reluctantly.
The White House was angered by the Israeli leader's comments suggesting he would block the creation of a Palestinian state while in office.
Democratic Party chairmen in Iowa and New Hampshire don't think the email controversy will damage Clinton's expected campaign.
The government in Kiev can't provide all the army needs to fight rebels, so civilians are stepping in.
At a D.C. hearing, Daniel Tarullo suggested that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs might face limits on commodities trading.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now says he wants "a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution" with the Palestinians.
That's the highest rating for Obama since 51 percent of Americans labeled his presidency a success after his first six months in office in 2009.
The inclusion of ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman in Israel’s new government would worsen matters, Mahmoud Abbas said.
The list reportedly includes the names of more than 60 people from the United States.
Over a third of Democrats and 44 percent of independents agreed the email issue has hurt the former secretary of state politically.