BARACK OBAMA

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador for the U.N., withdrew her name Thursday from consideration to be secretary of state in the face of implacable opposition from Senate Republicans.

Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as U.S. secretary of state on Thursday in the face of what promised to be a difficult Senate confirmation battle.

A suicide bomber killed one American service member and wounded three other U.S. troops outside a base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday shortly after a visit there by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, officials said.

Here’s some good news for the travel industry, bad news for you: It’s going to be the busiest holiday season in six years.

An 18-year-old Peruvian intern will face deportation for allegedly being a sex offender while working on a visa.

The Senate's outgoing tea party patron reminds us why he's leaving.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have begun to fire Scud ballistic missiles at the rebels, says a U.S. official.

The U.S. and international Friends of Syria group threw their support behind the Free Syrian army, bolstering the opposition.

The federal government has an outdated and chaotic system for organizing secret national security information, the Public Interest Declassification Board reports.

PolitiFact has named Mitt Romney's claim and subsequent ad about Barack Obama shifting Jeep production away from the U.S. and into China the "lie of the year."

The U.S. recognizes the recently formed coalition of Syrian rebels as the “legitimate representative” of the people, President Obama said.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Travel Association urged the president and Congress to agree on a balanced approach to averting the fiscal cliff before year’s end.

Twitter has just released its 2012 year in review, revealing that President Obama and Justin Bieber have sent tweets with the most retweets over the past year.

Three surveys show that U.S. confidence in growth clearly has been jarred by the 2012 election and fiscal cliff chatter.

The report, which is three years in the making, investigates whether "enhanced interrogation techniques" helped intelligence officials gather important information that otherwise would have been lost.

Europe's media reacted with horror to the ex-PM's possible return, and not just because of the bunga-bunga parties and economic disaster.

As the debate over raising tax rates on the wealthy comes full circle, O'Donnell asked the former house speaker to admit he was wrong for predicting the higher rates instituted under President Bill Clinton would destroy the economy.

President Obama saw Psy perform at the annual "Christmas in Washington" benefit days after the "Gangnam Style" rapper apologized for anti-American lyrics he sang in 2004.

Sen. Bob Corker is another Republican senator who advocates raising taxes on the wealthy to avoid the fiscal cliff.

An unnamed Navy SEAL from SEAL Team Six was reportedly killed during the rescue operation that recovered kidnapped American doctor Dilip Joseph in Afghanistan.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba Sunday for another surgery after doctors diagnosed him with recurring incidence of cancer.