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U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, returned to Damascus on Tuesday after being removed from the country for his own safety in October.

A biography on Queen Elizabeth II will give an intimate look at the British woman and monarch, including her courtship and marriage to Prince Philip.

President Barack Obama revealed a secret crush and Caroline Kennedy crooned to her namesake song on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, which celebrated actress Meryl Streep and singer Neil Diamond.

U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., have conjured a middle ground they believe could settle the ongoing debate over extending the payroll tax cut.

President Barack Obama and three 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls are all contenders for the award.

The Senate decides not to clarify whether the government can arrest and indefinitely hold American citizens captured on U.S. soil, leaving a key debate about expanded presidential powers during the war on terror up to the president and the courts.

The Republican brand, built on a rock-solid no new tax pledge to voters, is showing a few cracks as internal party divisions erupt in the face of rapidly escalating U.S. government debt.

Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has support from 25 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, up from just 7 percent in late October, the poll conducted for The Des Moines Register newspaper found.

Former pizza magnate Herman Cain's bid for the White House was an unconventional long shot from the start, but behind the colorful Cain Train a dysfunctional team has always been on the verge of running off the tracks.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday, again offering U.S. condolences over the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in NATO air strikes last week, the State Department said in a statement.

Herman Cain announced on Saturday that he would suspend his presidential campaign. Here is the full text of the speech he gave to supporters in Atlanta.

The head of an independent Russian election watchdog was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport Saturday as part of attempts to stop it monitoring Sunday's vote for a new parliament, the group's lawyer said.

U.S. President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to boost pressure on Republican lawmakers to back an extension of a tax cut for workers that he views as vital to help the fragile economy.

George McGovern, the longtime U.S. senator from South Dakota who ran as the Democratic Party candidate for president in 1972, was hospitalized on Friday in South Dakota after falling and striking his head.

The United States and Canada are scheduled to announce a new security agreement next Wednesday designed to lower obstacles between the two nations while ensuring the perimeter around them is secure.

Gloria Cain, the wife of embattled Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain, is trying to save his sinking reputation and keep him in the run for the White House, despite the numerous women who came forward with accusations of sexual harassment and an affair.

Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr. and former White House czar admitted to violating city laws

Cain, who has never held elected office, says he will make a decision before Monday on the future of his White House bid. Still on the campaign trail, Cain will reportedly sit down with his wife, Gloria, this weekend to discuss whether or not he drops out of the race amid allegations of sexual harassment and a long-term affair.

President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatment to 6 million people worldwide by 2013, up from an earlier goal of 4 million.

Stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open for equities on Wall Street Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 1 to 1.1 percent ahead of a key jobs report.

President Barack Obama announced a $50 million increase in HIV/ AIDS treatments Thursday, funding meant to treat two million additional people.