BARACK OBAMA

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former Google Inc executive Michelle Lee to head the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a position that has been vacant for more than two years.

An Obama spokesman and Democratic senators say Republicans are trying to sabotage the U.S.-led nuclear negotiations with Iran.

The next president may nix a potential accord with Iran, Republican senators said.

The president's disapproval rating is under 50 percent for the first time since he was re-elected in 2012.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she finds Netanyahu's attitude "humiliating, embarrassing and very arrogant" since a deal has yet to be finished.

Almost 600 people attended a public memorial, hosted by Kayla Mueller's family in Arizona, where she was honored for her life of service.

Read the full text as prepared for delivery of President Barack Obama's remarks on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

"Love and hope can conquer hate," the U.S. president said of the Selma marchers at an event marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

President Barack Obama will help mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of a famous civil-rights march in Selma, Alabama.

"Selma is not just about commemorating the past. It's about honoring the legends who helped change this country through your actions today, in the here and now."

Since 2009, about 5 percent of the detainees released have re-engaged in terrorism, as opposed to nearly 21 percent of those released earlier.

A federal inquiry found widespread corruption and racism in the town's police force that the U.S. attorney general called "shocking."

There is no shift in U.S. policy regarding Assad, and Britain and France have rejected calls to restore ties with the Assad government.

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the Capitol said in a television interview he would have shot President Obama in the head.

President Obama spoke about Ferguson, Selma, the Keystone XL pipeline and gun control at a town hall event Friday at South Carolina's Benedict College.

The vice president famously came out in support of marriage equality before President Barack Obama did.

The Israeli prime minister has maintained the lasting effects of the address will be positive.

More voters say honesty doesn't describe former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton than those that say it does.

Big business rallied behind the gay marriage cause as the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for April 28 on the contentious social issue that promises to yield one of the justices' most important rulings of 2015.

Parliament has voted to expand the nation's troop level to 250,000, as heavy weapons withdraw on the front lines.

Republicans said Hillary Clinton's secret emails may not be damaging by themselves but could be used to reinforce a negative view of her.