Back from vacation, Obama faces domestic and international crises

Former presidents have also found August a tough month to navigate both crises and questions about how they spend their leisure time

• Aug 25, 2014

How Obamacare subsidies could impact your tax refund

If your income has jumped since you applied for insurance under the health care law, you could be in for an unwelcome surprise on tax day next year

• Aug 25, 2014

Is it time to rethink U.S. policy toward hostage negotiations?

The release of journalist Peter Theo Curtis just one week after James Foley was murdered has raised questions about America's policies

• Aug 25, 2014

American journalist released from captivity in Syria

Peter Theo Curtis had been held two years by an al Qaeda-affiliate in Syria; his release came just days after another captive journalist was executed on tape

• Aug 24, 2014

Jay Nixon on possibility of controversial Ferguson cop being charged

Missouri governor discusses the shooting and the resultant protests, welcoming a review of a program giving military-grade equipment to cops

• Aug 24, 2014

Paul Ryan: I kept quiet during government shutdown for party unity

The House Budget Committee chairman writes in a new book that it was a "suicide mission" for the GOP to try to defund Obamacare through the shutdown

• Aug 24, 2014

Mo. congressman: Without justice, Ferguson protests will continue

Rep. William Lacy Clay said he promised Michael Brown's parents that the federal government's investigation will be transparent

• Aug 24, 2014

Obama must lay out a strategy to defeat ISIS, Republicans say

The murder of American journalist James Foley has clarified the threat from the Islamic militants, Sen. Kelly Ayotte said

• Aug 24, 2014

Democratic Party approves 2016 presidential primary schedule

The framework, beginning with the Iowa caucuses in February, discourages states from trying to front-load the calendar and hold earlier primaries

• Aug 24, 2014

Obama to arrive home from Martha's Vineyard vacation Sunday

The president's two-week break was frequently interrupted by news events

• Aug 24, 2014

Obama sends White House aides to Ferguson funeral

Delegation includes St. Louis native who went to high school with mother of slain teen Michael Brown

• Aug 23, 2014

White House braces for long campaign against ISIS

Obama returns from vacation to harsh reality of Islamist extremists' first act of terrorism against the U.S.

• Aug 23, 2014

Obama orders review of giving local police military gear

Feds reconsidering decade-old practice after police use military equipment during clashes with protesters in Ferguson, Missouri

• Aug 23, 2014

Sen. Elizabeth Warren disavows 2016 presidential draft effort

The Massachusetts Democrat's attorney says she's not running for president in 2016 and she's not involved with a Ready for Warren super PAC

• Aug 23, 2014

2016 speculation follows former Sen. Jim Webb to Iowa

Webb, a Democrat who left office in 2013, says it's time to "rejoin the debate," and he's not ruling out a presidential run

• Aug 23, 2014

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