The Assad regime’s media trumpeted a “historic American retreat.”
The U.N. says it will not provide a timetable for its final report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is among those who still needs some convincing.
The GOP leadership says this time frame gives the president time to make his case to Congress and the American people.
The U.S. president says Congress will debate and take a vote after it returns from recess Sept. 9.
Obama is expected to speak on the crisis in Syria.
Republicans will play games, but back down in the end because follow-through would hurt their donors, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Cecilia Muñoz, the president's point person on immigration, says she wants to make immigration reform a reality after the recess.
Russian President Putin challenges U.S. to present evidence of Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons to the U.N. Security Council.
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As the week ends, Washington resorted again to harsh words against Syria, saying a strike would not look like the Iraq War.
The U.S. will release annual statistics about surveillance activities. But some think the stats will actually obscure the scope of operations.
With vast differences between the GOP and White House, Republicans say there’s little reason to continue the negotiations.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is tied for sixth place with her husband.
Administration officials say the US government will act in the country's best interests. Pentagon says it is “past the point of no return.”
As the IRS investigation in Congress drags on behind the scenes, the two sides each accuse the other of misrepresenting the facts.
Obama repeats threatening statements while Cameron faces Commons revolt on intervention.
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network calls on the next Homeland Security secretary to give more immigrants relief from deportation.
Global stocks sold off, on western intervention in Syria chatter; investors also debated the Fed's stimulus reduction comments.
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