Despite no authorization from Congress, the U.S. has spent $1 billion fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Loretta Lynch on the Obama administration’s actions on immigration.
Rivlin was in New York for his first official visit as president.
Some Republican members of the Judiciary Committee said they plan to hammer Lynch on her predecessor’s actions, including the legal implications of “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants.
The discussion is being held days after Democrats defeated a procedural vote that would have set up a final vote on the pipeline.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the companies not to advertise such services on their websites or on their search engines.
Amid the controversy over Michelle Obama's dress during the Obamas' Riyadh visit, officials said the first lady was not blurred out on state TV.
A White House official said the bipartisan opposition to Obama's 529 proposal had become a "distraction" from a grander tax relief program.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam’s press conference outlining the investigation came four months after the 43 students disappeared.
GOP fissures and mixed strategies over the move to defund Obama's executive action may have put the border security bill on ice for now.
Analysts suggest the new king shares his predecessor's frustrations with Washington's Middle East policies.
Half of Americans approve of the president's job while 45 percent disapprove, according to the latest Gallup tracking poll.
President Obama said that it was the government's responsibility to uphold religious freedom in a diverse country like India.
Senate Democrats blocked the Keystone XL pipeline bill from moving forward on Monday, but supporters of the project vowed to push ahead and eventually get a vote on the measure.
The Council of Economic Advisers has said the plan would grow the U.S. economy by $90 billion to $210 billion by 2025.
If confirmed, this would be the first U.S. drone strike in Yemen since its president stepped down last week.
Even as he promises to make doing business in India easier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he'll monitor all major investment proposals.
Here's a look at some of the highlights of the New Delhi event on Monday, when the country marked its 66th Republic Day.
The Chinese media called the Obama-Modi bonhomie "superficial" and accused the West of setting a "trap of rivalry" between India and China.
The latest carnage in the eastern Ukrainian city has prompted the West to ratchet up pressure on Russia.
Republicans have been struggling to find a way to pay for legislation with a five-year price tag in the range of $75 billion to more than $100 billion.
Narendra Modi calls agreement "the centerpiece of Indo-U.S. understanding" in comments at the beginning of Barack Obama's visit to India.