BARACK OBAMA

The initiative is more than a one-third increase from the $14 billion sought last year.

The troops will help local forces in Helmand thwart an increasing offensive by the Taliban.

While North Korea's rocket launch was criticized internationally, a U.S. defense official said the satellite was incapable of functioning accurately.

The U.S. president will call for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the mosquito-borne disease that has been linked to severe birth defects in Brazil.

Clinton, who now criticizes campaign finance attacks, alleged in 2008 that Barack Obama traded policy for cash.

NATO reported increased Russian submarine activity with new technical capabilities and longer ranges in the North Atlantic.

The Turkish president lashed out at the U.S. as the northern Syrian town is under the control of Syrian Kurdish forces, which Ankara considers terrorists.

Healthcare insurers in New York would be prohibited from covering the cost of the "fundamentally flawed practice" — therapy to change a person’s sexual orientation — for minors.

Discussing immigration in Saturday's GOP debate, Cruz offered fuzzy deportation numbers while ignoring Obama's record.

Giving a forceful answer on his position on waterboarding, Trump said he'd bring back the tactic some call torture.

Chris Christie and Marco Rubio beat up one another Saturday, with Christie saying that the Senate does not prepare you for the Oval Office.

The 2017 fiscal-year spending plan proposes initiatives in areas ranging from the environment to healthcare to national security.

The photos, part of a cache of 2,000 images, were released in compliance with a 2004 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

January marked "the first time the unemployment rate has dipped below 5 percent in almost eight years,” the president said. “Americans are working.”

Artist Shepard Fairey, creator of the famous “Hope­” poster in support of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, explains why he now supports Sen. Bernie Sanders.

In a budget plan to be unveiled next week, the president is expected to call for a $10-a-barrel levy to support lower-carbon transportation.

The debate will be moderated by NBC News’ Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow of MSNBC.

On World Cancer Day, Vice President Joe Biden launched a page to discuss his “Cancer Moonshot Initiative.”

Bernie Sanders has the momentum, but Hillary Clinton’s longtime show-business donors aren't quite sold.

The lawmaker also decried President Barack Obama's visit to a Baltimore mosque Wednesday.

The raid was carried out Monday by 20 planes in a Syrian town northeast of Aleppo.