WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama withdrew his nomination of Caitlin Halligan to a federal appeals court Friday, handing a victory to Republicans in the Senate who twice blocked his pick for the key ... Read more
ISTANBUL (AP) — The man chosen to head the Syrian opposition's new interim government is a Syrian-born American citizen who has spent decades in the United States working for technology companies and advocating ... Read more
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Senate on Friday approved banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, sending what would be the most stringent abortion restrictions in the U.S. to the ... Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education Thursday amid speculation that the longtime ally to President Barack Obama could be named the next U.S. Commerce ... Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Forget all the artistic masterpieces. The most gazed-at item at the Vatican this week will be a humble, copper, two-meter (six-foot) high chimney that will pipe out puffs of smoke to tell the ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to select Justice Department official Thomas Perez to be the next labor secretary, according to two people familiar with the deliberation process. Perez' ... Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — She doesn't wear a cowboy hat favored by traditional picks for interior secretary. Sally Jewell prefers fleece and Gore-Tex jackets and wears a safety helmet when she needs it for scaling ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senator Rand Paul has ended his filibuster blocking Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's CIA nominee, nearly 13 hours after he began. Paul, a Kentucky Republican and tea party ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul's self-described filibuster blocking confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA pushed into Thursday, more than 12 hours after the Kentucky Republican and ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican critic of the Obama administration's drone policy succeeded Wednesday in blocking a vote on John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director over questions about the possible use of ... Read more