BARACK OBAMA

U.S. troops formally ended their mission in Afghanistan Sunday as the Taliban continued to attack.

Rudy Giuliani said President Obama should sever his ties to Al Sharpton, whom he called "the poster boy for hating the police."

Former President George H.W. Bush is reported doing well after being hospitalized since Tuesday.

K-pop label Feel Ghood Music says Sony never paid to use a song that appears in the film.

North Korea is pointing a finger at the U.S. over its Internet and 3G mobile network outages, but some speculate China could be involved.

The U.S. once offered $33 million for information leading to the capture of the al-Shabab militant leader and seven others.

The surge of Central American immigrant children into the U.S. rattled the immigration debate this year, and it may resurface next year.

North Korea says the U.S. president "is the chief culprit who forced" Sony Pictures to "indiscriminately distribute" the film.

North Korea accused the U.S. of being behind a number of Internet outages that have occurred in recent days.

Most of the remaining Gitmo prisoners are either too dangerous or Yemeni, or both. And Yemen is one of al Qaeda’s global strongholds.

Sony's limited release of "The Interview" was inadvertently expanded as pirated copies appeared on the Web hours after its release.

Prime Minister Najib Razak faced severe criticism from his countrymen after photos of him playing golf in Hawaii surfaced online.

Obama said that Kass "has grown from a close friend to a critical member of my team" and has left "an indelible mark on the White House."

“The Interview” was shown in more than 300 movie theaters across the U.S., as some hailed its release as a “stand for freedom.”

In his Christmas address to troops, President Obama also conceded that many "difficult missions" around the world still remain.

Some have speculated the the outages are a U.S. response to the Sony hack, but Internet security experts see this as an unlikely prospect.

Commenters on Googleblog said the controversy likely would drive much bigger audiences than the movie otherwise would have drawn.

Twitter was lit up by reactions to the comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

The preparations to increase the number of contractors underscores President Obama's growing commitment in Iraq.

Sony Pictures had reportedly approached Apple to stream the controversial film, which is releasing Thursday after being pulled from theaters.

The 90-year-old former president has been admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital and “will be held for observation, again as a precaution.”