UNITED STATES

The Justice Department has already asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans to lift the injunction granted at the urging of 26 states.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter kicked off talks with his Japanese counterpart on Wednesday aimed at demonstrating that the two countries' security alliance is tighter than ever amid China's growing assertiveness in the region.

A Michigan-based Islamist preacher whose online sermons have been a leading source of inspiration for foreign fighters in Syria is free to return to social media after restrictions on his Internet use lapsed.

A hack late last year of the State Department was a mere stepping-stone for Russian hackers, the report claims.

Kenya needs more help from its U.S. and European allies with intelligence and security measures to help prevent further massacres by Somali militants, Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed told Reuters on Tuesday.

Rand Paul has sought to create his own identity but is replicating the fundraising effort his father popularized.

Kansas residents on welfare would be prevented from spending their benefits at movie theaters, nail salons and other places deemed nonessential.

Market professionals await the start of first-quarter earnings season, with aluminum producer Alcoa reporting quarterly results Wednesday.

Republicans and Democrats, Presidents Bush and Obama: Rand Paul is an equal opportunity critic. Is his independence a winning strategy?

The fire on a nuclear submarine Tuesday was only the latest in a string of serious, often fatal, accidents to a once-mighty fleet.

The U.S. and China can’t cooperate in Africa, and it’s starting to be a problem.

President Obama pledged to deport "felons, not families." But often those two things are not mutually exclusive.

"We have always believed that unilateral sanctions are counterproductive," President Juan Manuel Santos said.

U.S. Cellular and AT&T have sent out some of the last Android 5.0 updates for the Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8.

Rand Paul is running as an outsider even though he's spent four years in the U.S. Senate.

Unlike previous launches, the preorder and purchase process will be handled entirely online.

New Belgium Brewing Co. is donating $1 million to a Colorado State University program that teaches undergraduates how to brew beer.

The president is launching an effort Tuesday that joins tech giants with top medical institutions to study how climate change threatens public health.

The deal will give FedEx more clout against UPS and DHL, which dominate the package-delivery business in Europe.

At a time that software is taking over as the major differentiator among Android phones, Samsung's S6 has given the company a hardware edge

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is kicking off his presidential campaign Tuesday in Louisville.