HEAD OF GROUP OPPOSING IRAN ACCORD QUITS POST SAYING HE BACKS DEAL

The aim was to strengthen the international economic sanctions against Iran, which Mr. Samore was convinced had been mounting a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons... READ MORE›

SCORCHING 'HEAT DOME' OVER MIDDLE EAST SEES TEMPERATURES SOAR TO 165F IN IRAN

But some of the most affluent figures in the Middle East are blissfully unaware of the scorching heat, such as Saudia Arabia's King Salman... READ MORE›

BP TO PAY A?12BN FOR GULF OIL SPILL

BP has reached an 18.7bn 12bn settlement with the US Department of Justice DoJ following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill... READ MORE›

FRANK BRUNI WE INVITED DONALD TRUMP TO TOWN

And Donald Trump -- still going strong, still dominating the polls -- is the emblem, apotheosis and ripe, fleshy, orange-crowned fruit of this... READ MORE›

A SECRETIVE PATH TO RAISING US FLAG

When the Cubans suggested going out for dinner after their talks, the White House aides demurred, fearful of being spotted... READ MORE›

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL

Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE›

THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD STING REVEALS THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA'S ABORTION BUSINESS

The White House has indicated that Barack Obama will veto any bill to defund Planned Parenthood... READ MORE›

BATTLE FOR THE SENATE AS POLLS OPEN

Deutsche welle republicans seek senate in us midterms obama keeps distance 7 hrs ago... READ MORE›

U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY

The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE›

CUBAN FLAG FLIES AT EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON

The move signaled the latest and most visible step toward normal ties between the United States and Cuba... READ MORE›

US OFFERS TO HELPISRAEL BOLSTERITS DEFENSES

The United States has offered Israel an array of defense capabilities in recent years, some of which Israel decided against because of budget constraints... READ MORE›

COURT LACKS MORAL AUTHORITY TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE

Rather, this ruling, like the abortion ruling, all but ensures America will not achieve broad social consensus on same-sex marriage... READ MORE›

POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'

He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL OBAMA TAKES ON OPPONENTS OF THE IRAN DEAL

As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama opposed the Iraq war... READ MORE›

FRANCE TRAIN SHOOTING GUNMAN KNOWN TO POLICE

One of the Americans, Spencer Stone, seized the gunman, while a second, Alek Skarlatos, grabbed his guns, according to accounts from the passengers... READ MORE›

OBAMAS HOPES FOR IRAN GO BEYOND NUCLEAR DEAL

There may be an opportunity with Iran as the deal is implemented to pursue a similar conversation, the official said... READ MORE›

OP-ED A REPUBLICAN CASE FOR OBAMAS CUBA POLICY

Washington I WAS born in Havana in November 1953 about six years before Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba... READ MORE›

HILLARY CLINTON STEALS THE SHOW AT IOWA DEMOCRATS MEET

The Democratic presidential candidate has had a fraught relationship with Iowa... READ MORE›

STATE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONS AMERICANS CONSIDERING TRAVEL TO IRAN

While many United States citizens, including Iranian-Americans, travel to and from Iran without problems, there have been some notable exceptions... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

A CROSS TO BEAR: THE VANISHING CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Rifugio Christians of the Middle East by Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi Schilt Publishing, 29.95, Amsterdam ... READ MORE›

TRUMP WIDENS LEAD OVER U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD

WASHINGTON Republican Donald Trump is pulling away from the pack in the race for the party's U.S... READ MORE›

OBAMA TRIES TO SOFTEN EUROPEAN CREDITORS STANCE TO SALVAGE A DEAL

European leaders warn that would put Greece on a path toward leaving the eurozone... READ MORE›

TOYOTA DEFENDS DIVERSITY HIRING AFTER AMERICAN IS ARRESTED

Toyota spoke up in support of the executive Julie Hamp on Friday a day after she was taken into custody by the Japanese police... READ MORE›

AFRICANS TO WELCOME OBAMA BUT NOT A SCOLDING ON GAY RIGHTS

Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe's president and the current head of the African Union mockingly said that he would propose to Mr. Obama... READ MORE›

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SUNSTEIN WHEN AMERICA SAYS YES TO GOVERNMENT

In recent years the federal government has adopted a large number of soft interventions that are meant to change behavior without mandates and bans... READ MORE›

OBAMA'S BIGGEST FRUSTRATION: GUN CONTROL

President Obama says the biggest frustration of his tenure is the lack of new gun control laws... READ MORE›

OBAMA SCHOOLED ON TWITTER ABOUT MIDDLE EAST HISTORY

US president's State of the Union comment that Middle East conflicts dated back millennia met with online ridicule... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE LEADER RAPED AMERICAN HOSTAGE KAYLA MUELLER, US OFFICIALS SAY

Kayla Mueller was taken captive in 2013 while volunteering as an aid worker in Syria... READ MORE›