BARACK OBAMA

John Kerry flew to Israel to brief Prime Minister Netanyahu, who expressed skepticism over the U.S. deal to secure Syrian chemical weapons.

The president has accepted Lawrence Summers’ decision to withdraw from consideration as Federal Reserve chairman.

Bank-sponsored events are off the agenda as Summers’ waits to see if he’ll be nominated as the next Fed chief.

The U.S. president will tout gains of 7.5 million jobs since early 2010. Great, but the U.S. lost 8.7 million.

As Iran and Britain plan to mend wounds, U.S. President Obama says he has communicated with Iran’s new leader.

Sens. Robert Menendez and Roy Blunt appeared on "Meet The Press" to discuss the potential consequences of action against Syria. Watch the interview here.

The deal to decommission Syrian chemical weapons has been hailed a win-win-win. The losers: Syrian civilians.

De Blasio not only grabbed 40% of the NYC mayoral primary vote - he even snared more black voters than the lone African-American candidate.

In the age of cell-phone cameras and YouTube, it’s becoming more difficult for political candidates to recover from controversial remarks.

In one Damascus district, rebels have taken over apartment buildings to dig a network of underground tunnels for fighting regime troops.

However, the administration left open the possibility that the Nikkei report may end up being true.

The unrelenting rains, which have claimed three lives so far, are expected to continue on Friday and through the weekend.

The first lady wants Americans to increase their water intake to boost energy levels.

Boeing was all set to sell Brazil its F-18 Super Hornet for $4B. Then the NSA's spying on the president made things hairy for the U.S. company.

Soon retiring NBA commissioner David Stern was critical of the silence on Russia's anti-gay law ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year.

Pastor Terry Jones from Gainesville, Fla., has sparked widespread outrage in the past for his anti-Muslim actions.

Celebrities took to Twitter on September 11 to remember the heroes who perished in the World Trade Centers on 9/11.

After Obama assured the world America would wait for diplomacy before hitting Syria, Damascenes celebrated, but the sadness of war lurked.

Twelve years after the attacks that launched more than a decade of war, Americans are remembering the thousands of lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

The U.S., in June, had decided to supply small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels, but the process was delayed.

Read the full text of Obama's speech on Syria.