Meeting with President Obama at the NATO summit, Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed “the gratitude of the Afghan people for the support that your taxpayers’ money has provided Afghanistan.” (read the story…)
The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France’s plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines. (read the story…)
President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president. (read the story…)
Japan is in danger of slipping from its AA- credit rating if public debt continues to rise and if reforms are held up as its unpopular government struggles to get support for tax measures, debt … (read more…)
At an event that is long past his campaign’s expiration date, Newt Gingrich is scheduled to suspend his presidential campaign at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Virginia. (read the story…)
An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry into the U.S. without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, legal representation and reunification services. On any given day this year, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement has been...
