Eric Linton

Jack Lew warns Speaker Boehner that the federal government will hit the $16.7 trillion borrowing limit in October.

Planes are reported arriving at a British base on Cyprus, in close striking distance of Syria.

The speaker tells the White House Congress must be consulted, and a poll confirms Americans want to stay out.

Der Spiegel reports another revelation of U.S. spying from Snowden documents.

The Assad government invites a U.N. team in, but U.S. suspects evidence has been destroyed.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has won the Democratic primary for Frank Lautenberg's New Jersey’s Senate seat.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to study the impact of lowering the tax rate, on local companies and foreign investment.

At least 44 people were gunned down during morning prayers Sunday.

The president is not committed to a separate meeting with Putin, however, and criticized the Kremlin for harboring Snowden.

Japan’s manufacturing activity grew in July at the slowest pace in four months, an apparent response to slowing growth in exports.

The Senate confirmed Comey 93-1, with Rand Paul the lone dissenter.

Netanyahu persuaded his Cabinet to make a "painful" decision.

French Publicis Groupe SA and American Omnicom Group Inc. will form a group worth $35.1 billion.

Campaign manager Danny Kedem has resigned as sexting pol sinks in NYC polls.

The ruling party of Hun Sen says it has won, despite losing many seats.

Federal prosecutors are poised to lodge criminal charges as soon as this week against SAC Capital Advisors, The Wall Street Journal reports.

China's HSBC Flash PMI for July is 47.7 -- an 11-month low -- compared with June's final reading of 48.2.

Crown Prince Philippe was sworn in as king of Belgium Sunday following the emotional abdication of his father Albert II.

The Texas senator says, "I'm not focused on the politics," but criticizes possible rival Rubio.

The U.S. Navy admitted unloading four unarmed bombs onto Australia's Great Barrier Reef last week.

Japan's upper house election vindicates Abenomics.

"We must stand OUR ground," attorney general says while criticizing broad self-defense laws.

The leader of the dreaded Zetas has been captured near the U.S. border, the Mexican government says.

One of the jurors says she believes the killer was attacked first and feared for his life.

The U.S. president calls Trayvon Martin’s death a “tragedy” and calls for “calm reflection.”

The military-imposed interim premier names a Cabinet to run the country until elections.

The Trayvon Martin family's lawyer is not ruling out civil action against George Zimmerman.

Exports are down 3.1 percent from a year earlier and imports down 0.7 percent in a jolting report.

Worsening relations with Hamid Karzai are pushing Obama to withdraw US forces faster and leave none behind, reports say.