BARACK OBAMA

The fighters are led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria which aims to build a caliphate ruled on medieval precepts.

Washington wants Maliki to do more to address the widespread sense of political exclusion among minority Sunnis in Iraq.

The president said he’ll give entrepreneurs access costly technology. That won’t create the 29,000 manufacturing jobs he needs every month.

Malia Obama, oldest daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, was recently spotted working as a production assistant in Los Angeles.

The capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala comes nearly two years after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

The UK shut its embassy in Tehran in 2011 after a mob attacked it in response to economic sanctions.

A senior U.S. official said Obama had not yet decided on a course of action.

Secretary of State Kerry said Washington was "open to any constructive process" that might resolve the situation in Baghdad.

President Obama will send military personnel to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Will America engage deeper?

Photographer Terry Richardson stepped on the other side of the lens for New York magazine.

Workers closed train service around Philadelphia, and now unions and transport officials must answer to the president.

Bergdahl won't be interviewed until he's cleared by his reintegration team.

Obama is set to attend the 15th annual Democratic National Committee LGBT Leadership Council's gala fundraiser in NYC on Tuesday.

The vice president appears intent on scoring a few diplomatic points as he visits the nation's somewhat estranged head of state.

Tal Afar is a short drive west from Mosul, the north's main city.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says Washington needs Iran's involvement to prevent a government collapse in Iraq.

Baghdad residents are heartened for what they interpret as promises of help from the U.S. and Iran.

Kerry urges Iraqi leaders to overcome deep divisions if they want U.S. help in repelling militants.

Obama says he never thought he'd ever begin a speech by saying, "Hello anteaters."

The Iraq crisis revives the one issue she least wants back in the news.

The Shia cleric's call for Iraqis to resist ISIS could bring back militias and exacerbate sectarian violence in the country.