President Barack Obama presented the ceremonial ribbons to the honorees at a White House event on Sunday.
Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton will embark on their scheduled U.S. tour after landing in New York Sunday.
“There is zero possibility that the hostages were victims of a crossfire,” a U.S. military official said.
The visit was a “matter of convenience for the President, not a matter of urgency,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said "10,800 troops, rather than 9,800, could remain in Afghanistan ... for the first few months in 2015."
U.S. and Yemeni forces launched a raid to rescue Somers late Friday, after the U.S. learned his captors planned to kill him Saturday.
The outgoing defense secretary, on an unannounced visit to Kabul, expressed support for the country's fight against the Taliban.
The changes have been discussed for years but would come as thousands protest what they perceive as racial profiling and excessive use of force.
On Friday, defense secretary nominee Ashton Carter said he would give the president his "most candid strategic advice."
Bhumibol was in the hospital, but his condition was not serious. This is the second time in seven years that he was not able to make the birthday address.
The facility aims to deter Central American migrants from crossing the border. But the migration numbers have been declining for months.
GOP leaders hope to get a bipartisan funding bill and avoid a shutdown. It looks possible now, but will it fall apart over the weekend?
Boehner said he expected the bill to pass next week with some votes from Democrats, just ahead of a Dec. 11 deadline.
The billionaire has long shunned donating to super PACs, which he calls "wrong." But he gave "Ready for Hillary" the max allowable amount.
Tanks that can withstand roadside bombs "have no place on our streets," Clinton said.
The White House Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony is a 92-year-old tradition.
The House voted on party lines in a symbolic move to oppose President Barack Obama's immigration executive orders.
The White House warned they will veto a bill that will never make it to the president's desk.
A sermon given by the Arizona pastor has gone viral for making discriminatory statements against the LGBT community.
After another grand jury chose not to indict a white cop in the death of a black man, protesters marched in New York and cities across the U.S.
A small crowd opposing the president's immigration executive orders rallied with Republican members of Congress.
The senator reminds Obama that the Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war.
