Envoy appointed to shut down prison at Guantanamo

Envoy appointed to shut down prison at Guantanamo

Clifford Sloan, a Washington attorney described as a 'bridge-builder,' will work with a Pentagon appointee to close the facility.

Obama considers sweeping climate plan

Obama considers sweeping climate plan

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a sweeping initiative to...

Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillance

Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillance

WASHINGTON — Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former...

Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak story

Journalistic impartiality tested in NSA leak story

Edward Snowden may represent the archetypal leaker of the Internet age — a tech...

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Firefighters gain upper hand over on Colorado's most destructive fire

Aided by cooler weather, firefighters are managing to tame the Colorado's Black ...

Aided by cooler weather, firefighters are managing to tame the Colorado's Black Forest fire, deemed the more destructive in the state's history and blamed for two deaths and the destruction of almost 500 homes.

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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks

Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter...

BioWatch faces congressional hearing this week

BioWatch faces congressional hearing this week

WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge oversaw the start of BioWatch, the nationwide system designed to...

Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases

Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law.

Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA

Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA

WASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped...

Officials: NSA data-gathering thwarted terrorist plots

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs...

Newtown marks six-month anniversary of school shooting

Newtown marks six-month anniversary of school shooting

People in Newtown, Conn., and around the country paused Friday to remember the tragic shooting rampage that took place at an elementary...

NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court cases

When federal officials recently confirmed the existence of a massive National Security Agency program that has been collecting Americans'...

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have...

Snowden smuggled out data on thumb drive, officials say

Snowden smuggled out data on thumb drive, officials say

WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive, a portable data storage...

Edward Snowden shows evolution of smuggling secrets

Edward Snowden shows evolution of smuggling secrets

WHITMORE VILLAGE, Hawaii — Sure, Edward Snowden just used a simple thumb drive to smuggle classified information out of the National...

Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate

Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate

WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a...

Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts

Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts

WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep....

Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress

Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress

WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school...

In North Carolina, political protesters welcome arrest

Raleigh, N.C. — The Rev. Deborah Cayer arrived at the state Legislature building here Monday night wearing a protest button and toting...

NSA aftershocks: Leak inspires lawsuit, letters of protest

NSA aftershocks: Leak inspires lawsuit, letters of protest

WASHINGTON — The massive leaks about U.S. spying systems caused sharp political and legal aftershocks Tuesday as the Justice...

NSA leaker's girlfriend 'left lost at sea'

NSA leaker's girlfriend 'left lost at sea'

WAIPAHU, Hawaii — They don't make power couples like this very often: He is a self-proclaimed whistle-blower, the focus of...

Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul

Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul

WASHINGTON — With an overwhelming vote, the Senate on Tuesday launched debate on an ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration...

ATF nominee runs into Senate opposition

ATF nominee runs into Senate opposition

WASHINGTON —The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who took over the agency in its meltdown...