Chuck Hagel on resigning: "You have to know when to leave"

The outgoing defense secretary reflected on why he decided to leave the job after less than two years

• Dec 4, 2014

Hagel: Progress, but a "long way to go" to end military sexual assault

A new study shows that reporting of assaults has gone up, but retaliation against victims is still high

• Dec 4, 2014

Trent Lott advises Republicans to fix Obamacare, not kill it

Former GOP majority leader says technical corrections--like the one that's the basis of a Supreme Court case on the health care law--are "routine"

• Dec 4, 2014

House votes to block Obama's immigration actions

The bill is expected to die in the Senate

• Dec 4, 2014

Eric Holder: Cleveland Police engaged in pattern of excessive force

Justice Department investigation into Cleveland Police department reviewed nearly 600 cases of use of force by police between 2010 and 2013

• Dec 4, 2014

Obama to announce defense secretary nominee Friday

The nominee is widely expected to be former Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter

• Dec 4, 2014

Holder to announce findings of investigation into Cleveland Police Dept

Attorney General Eric Holder will announce the findings of a Justice Department investigation into the use of excessive force by Cleveland Police Department

• Dec 4, 2014

Why is John Kerry referring to ISIS as "Daesh"?

The secretary of state employs a third term for the extremist group also known as ISIS or ISIL

• Dec 4, 2014

Jon Dickerson: A blast from the past--can Jeb Bush survive his own party?

If he runs, Jeb Bush will either be a revolutionary figure who overcomes his party's nominating patterns or he will be this cycle's Jon Huntsman

• Dec 4, 2014

The president's next steps on military sexual assault

Has the military made enough progress in curbing sexual assault within its ranks?

• Dec 4, 2014

White House geek chic for the holidays

Holiday decorations at the White House this year have a touch of the high-tech

• Dec 3, 2014

Syria "systematically" using chemical weapons

The U.S. says that the Syrian regime is still deploying chemical weapons against civilians, in spite of claims that it has destroyed its stockpile

• Dec 3, 2014

Pentagon: Reported sexual assaults up 8 percent this year

A study delivered to President Obama Tuesday shows about 6,000 reported cases of assault

• Dec 3, 2014

DOJ to open criminal civil rights investigation into Eric Garner's death

"All lives must be valued -- all lives," says AG Eric Holder

• Dec 3, 2014

Tea party lawmakers: Deny funding for Obama's "amnesty"

Conservatives push the GOP to take an immediate stand against Obama's move to shelter millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation

• Dec 3, 2014

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