Politics

President Obama Holds First Meeting With Afghan President

2:13pm March 25, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama held his first face-to-face meeting Tuesday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. White House officials say this marks the beginning of a new, more cooperative U.S.-Afghan relationship.

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U.S. Reconsiders Troop Withdrawal Plan In Afghanistan

12:40pm March 25, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The Obama administration said Tuesday that it will maintain about 9,800 troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2015. The U.S. originally planned to reduce the number to 5,500 by the end of the year.

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Polls have found that the health care law has remained consistently unpopular.

Obamacare Five Years Later: Thriving Or On Political Life Support?

12:27pm March 25, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

The health care law has sliced the number of uninsured by a third. Yet it remains deeply polarizing, and its fate could be decided by the Supreme Court and the coming presidential election.

Sen. Dan Coats on midterm election night in 2014.

With Sen. Dan Coats' Retirement, One More Gone From The Old School

11:21am March 25, 2015

by Ron Elving

These days, flying with both the defense hawks who want more money for the Pentagon and the budget hawks who want to attack the deficit has become more difficult within the GOP.

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Strict Wisconsin Voter ID Law

3:52pm March 24, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, a handful of challenges to state voter ID requirements are making their way through the courts. Texas and North Carolina are among them.

Rainbow flags fly in front of San Francisco City Hall in 2013 after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California.

Calif. Lawyer Proposes Ballot Initiative To Kill Gays And Lesbians

12:35pm March 24, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

The "Sodomite Suppression Act" is unlikely to get a vote, but it's making waves in the Golden State, where all it takes is $200 and a few hundred thousand signatures to get on a ballot.

Ted Cruz speaks at Liberty University Monday.

Ted Cruz Makes It Official

10:38am March 24, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

The Texas senator is looking for a boost, as he trails other GOP presidential hopefuls. So he took the bold move of becoming the first to officially declare his candidacy.

Media Dissect Sen. Ted Cruz's Presidential Prospects

10:34am March 24, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Texas Republican's early focus will reportedly be fundraising and the caucuses. He faces what's likely to be a crowded Republican field for the 2016 presidential nomination.

In Defending Two-State Solution, White House Chief Of Staff Slams Netanyahu

10:14am March 24, 2015

by Mara Liasson

Speaking to a liberal Jewish group Monday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough reiterated the administration's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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"An occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end," White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told the annual J Street conference

Obama Chief Of Staff: Israel's 50-Year 'Occupation' Must End

7:22pm March 23, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

The Obama administration is pushing back hard against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that a two-state solution is dead and his reluctance to back an Iranian nuclear deal.