Acknowledging the scars of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States has a "moral obligation" to help this isolated Southeast Asian nation heal its war wounds and vowed to reinvigorate relations with a country with rising strategic importance to the U.S.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte expressed some regret in a statement Tuesday over his explicit comments about President Barack Obama and said a meeting between the two leaders would be rescheduled for a later date.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Monday she was “really concerned” about recent reports and other indications that the Russian government might be trying to interfere with the White House race.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Labor Day barnstormed through America’s industrial heartland appealing to workers with promises of better-paying jobs and a return to prosperity -- in a White House race so competitive now that their entourages shared the same airport tarmac and roadway in battleground Ohio.
DEVELOPING: Phyllis Schlafly, the iconic, pro-family activist who rose to fame in the 1970s when she campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment, has died at age 92, according to the Eagle Forum, the conservative organization she founded.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday held a question-and-answer session with reporters, defending her handling of confidential material as secretary of state and answering several other pressing questions, amid criticism she has largely avoid the news media during her campaign.
Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump on Labor Day barnstormed through America’s industrial heartland appealing to workers with promises of better-paying jobs and a return to prosperity -- in a White House race so narrow now that their entourages shared the same airport tarmac and roadway in battleground Ohio.
Hillary Clinton on Monday scheduled two TV interviews and flew for the first time this election cycle on a campaign plane that has press corps accommodations -- amid criticism that she is increasingly avoiding the news media.
Lawmakers return Tuesday to Capitol Hill for a short election-season session in which their main -- though politically daunting -- objective will be providing money to keep the government running, with outside hopes of providing funding to fight the growing, mosquito-borne Zika virus.
The final stretches of the 2016 White House race kicked off Monday with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump making traditional Labor Day appeals to workers and labor unions across the country’s industrial heartland.
President Obama said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s controversial decision not to stand during the playing of the National Anthem to protest perceived racial issues was his “constitutional right,” though Obama allowed the demonstration could alienate some in the law enforcement and military communities.
A "candid, blunt" meeting between President Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin failed to yield a deal to end bloodshed between U.S.-backed rebels in Syria and the country's Russian-aligned regime, though the sides vowed to continue negotiations as the G20 summit in China came to a close.
The White House has cancelled a scheduled meeting Monday between President Obama and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, after the controversial leader warned Obama not to raise human-rights issues and called him a “son of a whore.”
The Trump campaign on Sunday expressed optimism about promising polls numbers amid Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s ongoing emails problems but remained on the defensive about its immigration plan -- with the White House race intensifying after Labor Day.
The Trump campaign on Sunday expressed optimism about promising polls numbers amid Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s ongoing emails problems but remained on the defensive about its immigration plan -- with the White House race intensifying after Labor Day.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that negotiations have stalled between the United States and Russia to stop fighting in Syria between Russian-backed government troops and U.S.-supported rebels.
President Obama on Sunday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time since a midsummer coup by dissidents failed to topple Ankara's government and strained already-troubled U.S.-Turkish relations.
Ben Carson on Sunday supported Donald Trump’s outreach to African-American voters, defending Trump against accusations that the Republican presidential nominee is pandering to minorities and arguing Democrats “have the explaining to do.”
About 150 Syrian refugees have arrived in Indiana in the months since a federal judge scuttled Republican Gov. Mike Pence's order blocking state agencies from helping their resettlement.
President Barack Obama said Sunday his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping were “extremely productive” and that the row between U.S. and Chinese officials at the airport upon his arrival shouldn’t be over blown.