U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the country would raise the number of refugees accepted annually to 100,000 from 70,000.
During an interview with "Meet the Press," GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed whether the U.S. has a problem with Muslims.
"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation," Republican U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said in an interview Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama called for an end to income inequality and panned the media for their handling of the issue of police violence.
Trump drew criticism from rivals when he failed to challenge a man at a New Hampshire town hall meeting who said Muslims were a problem in the United States.
The policy change eliminates a platform plank stating, “Allowing illegal immigrants to remain in California undermines respect for the law.”
The real-estate mogul and reality-television personality will join two other Republican U.S. presidential hopefuls on the NBC News program Sunday morning.
U.S. President Barack Obama in his weekly address Saturday called on Congress to pass a budget to fund the federal government before the deadline Sept. 30.
The agency's warning comes amid a public debate over whether the U.S. government should cut its funding of Planned Parenthood.
The pope is to celebrate Mass in Havana, Holguin and Santiago before flying on Tuesday to the United States, where he will meet Obama and address both the U.S. Congress and United Nations.
Jose Ramon Cabanas, a veteran diplomat who ran Cuba’s de facto embassy in Washington since 2012, was named the country's first ambassador to the U.S. in 54 years.
Some GOP conservatives remain determined to tie the abortion issue to legislation for funding federal agencies, at the risk of a government shutdown in October.
Spotfiy is the most recent addition to an increasing list of businesses that “stand with" the teen arrested this week for bringing a home-built clock to school.
If confirmed by the Senate, the Army specialist would have influence over the generals picked to lead the nation's largest military service branch.
With direct military talks planned between the U.S. and Russia, experts point to the challenges ahead: mainly Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Ahead of a state visit from China's leader, President Barack Obama is publicly warning China to stop its industrial espionage. But can he back it up?
Israel has called up border police reservists amid some of the worst violence Jerusalem has seen in years, which has spread to the West Bank.
Donald Trump did not challenge a man at a town hall who asserted that President Barack Obama is a Muslim and a foreigner.
The announcement comes at a moment of high tensions between Washington, D.C., and Moscow over Russia’s involvement in both the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts.
Russia said it would consider sending troops into Syria if asked by President Bashar Assad.
China's increasingly assertive action to back up its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea have included land reclamation and the construction of ports and air facilities on several reefs in the Spratly Islands.
A U.S. official said that while the term did not refer to legally binding human rights, it was part of the country's efforts to push the issues onto the global stage.