What can the Justice Department do to improve local policing?

Loretta Lynch has promised to make police-community relations a priority if confirmed as attorney general, but can the feds really help local forces?

• Jan 30, 2015

Why Lindsey Graham is exploring a presidential bid

The South Carolina senator launched a PAC called Security Through Strength

• Jan 29, 2015

Senate approves Keystone XL oil pipeline

The bill must be passed by the House or reconciled with its bill before going to the White House

• Jan 29, 2015

Senators seek to end U.S. restrictions on travel, trade with Cuba

The bipartisan calls for new U.S. policy follow President Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba after over 50 years of hostility

• Jan 29, 2015

Three American contractors killed in shooting at Afghanistan airport

The incident at North Kabul International Airport, which also claimed the life of an Afghan national, is under investigation

• Jan 29, 2015

Anthony Salvanto: Can Republicans tackle inequality?

Here's why it's already shaping the 2016 primary fight

• Jan 29, 2015

Ebola czar Ron Klain to depart February 15

Klain returned to the administration in October to coordinate the government's response to the Ebola crisis

• Jan 29, 2015

U.S. military classifies information about Afghan reconstruction

Most of the information about the tens of billions the U.S. is providing to the Afghan reconstruction effort has now been classified

• Jan 29, 2015

W.H.: ISIS a "terrorist group," but Taliban an "armed insurgency"

White House spokesman explains why the U.S. opposes a prisoner swap with ISIS after negotiating a similar swap with the Taliban

• Jan 29, 2015

Mitt Romney: U.S. needs "right kind of leadership" to excel

Has Romney learned from his loss to President Obama in 2012, and is he ready to take on Hillary Clinton in 2016?

• Jan 29, 2015

The Romneys will dine with Chelsea Clinton and her husband Friday

The lunch comes two days after Romney criticized Hillary Clinton in a speech

• Jan 29, 2015

John Dickerson: Why Hillary Clinton needs to fight hard for Iowa

There is a feeling in Iowa that Clinton needs to campaign as if she had a real challenger

• Jan 29, 2015

Did Michelle Obama make a statement with no head scarf in Saudi Arabia?

She's hardly the first high-ranking American woman to travel to the country, where local women must cover their hair

• Jan 29, 2015

Obama proposes reversing sequestration cuts

The president will talk about his budget proposals with House Democrats Thursday

• Jan 29, 2015

Mitt Romney to target Hillary Clinton on Russia, job creation

The 2012 GOP presidential nominee, eyeing another bid in 2016, will criticize Clinton during a speech at Mississippi State University

• Jan 28, 2015

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