BARACK OBAMA

Reince Priebus said Friday the Republican Party will be “cooked” if it fails to elect a conservative president in 2016.

The U.S. military reportedly will carry out surveillance and intelligence missions against Boko Haram inside Nigeria as part of its deployment to West Africa.

Costs and enrollment in Medicaid are expected to slow during the 2016 fiscal year.

A ballot initiative that will be voted on next month has support from Ohioans, a new poll finds.

Four members of the Zone 9 blog were acquitted of terrorism charges Friday morning after spending 18 months in prison.

The Philippines and Vietnam remain vulnerable to Chinese cyberattacks, as the smaller nations challenge China's claims in the South China Sea.

While witnesses said they counted at least 42 dead, police officials put the casualty estimates at 14.

Politics aside, which Democratic candidate is the better dancer: Sanders or Clinton?

"Yo estoy contigo," Clinton said. "That's a promise."

President Obama's announcement Thursday was what many military strategists and political analysts expected: U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the planned withdrawal date.

"Conversion therapies...are not effective, are harmful and are not appropriate therapeutic practices," mental health experts affirmed Thursday.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Russia's aggression has caused the Pentagon to re-examine its strategy in Europe, including cyberwarfare and nuclear deterrence.

Activists in New Orleans accused an appeals court of stalling on executive actions that would provide deportation relief to 5 million undocumented immigrants. And the government could be running out of time.

While the U.S. is no longer in the valleys and villages in Afghanistan, Kabul still needs strategic help from the U.S., Obama said Thursday.

“What we've seen in this state and other states — this would be an invitation to racial profiling,” a local immigration activist said.

The lower rate has come from discretion by agents in the field, not policy changes, a Texas Border Patrol union representative said.

“I don’t really understand how the U.S. can criticize Russia’s actions in Syria if they refuse to have direct dialogue."

The possible move, reported by the New York Times, comes ahead of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the U.S. next week.

The change in U.S. policy, which will cost another $14.6 billion, comes after the Taliban's strong showing in the battle for Kunduz.

Only 16 percent of Americans now ascribe to the view that global warming is not real, according to a survey from the University of Michigan.

The Obama administration is launching a pilot program to help students from low-income families pursue higher education through nontraditional programs.