The measure, widely seen as essential to approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, now heads to the Senate.
The army has called up the sixth and final wave of recruits as it continues to fight pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The Treasury announced that a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill in the new redesign of the currency.
The lack of a formal authorization by Congress to take military action against ISIS apparently was not a deterrent in the voting.
The ceremony formally installs Lynch as the 83rd U.S. attorney general, making her the first African-American woman to serve in the post.
About 5 percent of the population has Internet access in Cuba, but Twitter says it can still function as a text-messaged based service.
"When I look out at all these young women, I see myself. In so many ways, your story is my story," said Michelle Obama.
Australian research says free trade accords with China, South Korea and Japan could create 180,000 jobs in 20 years.
Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime ally of Hillary Clinton, testified all day Tuesday behind closed doors before a congressional panel probing the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi,Libya, but declared afterwards that he had "shed no light" on events there.
Hillary Clinton is making bashing Wall Street part of her campaign message, yet she doesn’t have to go far to find folks who work in the industry.
“We must continue to insist that the methods we employ in this fight for peace and freedom must always, always, be as right and honorable."
Trump wants to talk about building great walls and calls immigrants rapists. The GOP leadership doesn't.
Trump is expected to release details about his personal wealth, which is reported to be approximately $9 billion.
An Israeli newspaper reported, citing anonymous sources, that Obama has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington in mid-July.
U.S. and Venezuelan officials -- including a Venezuelan leader reportedly targeted in a U.S. investigation -- met to smooth relations during a weekend meeting in Haiti.
Touting his experience as governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, the son and brother of former presidents, announced Monday he is running for president of the United States.
Conflating transgender and racial identity experiences does more to harm than help transgender women of color, activists say.
Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama should work with Democrats to improve the deal for workers and to make it more transparent -- or there should be no deal at all.
Like Romney, Bush faces an uphill task persuading conservatives in the Republican Party that he is one of them. He will also want to avoid being branded inaccessible.
Approval of Trade Adjustment Assistance is essential to getting the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement to the president's desk.
The CIA has reportedly spent about $100,000 for each moderate fighter it has trained in recent years.
Hillary Clinton needs to handle the comparisons to her husband and to the man who defeated her in 2008 -- without falling into "the Al Gore trap."
