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President Obama is about to ask Congress for authorization to continue the fight against ISIS and other terror groups.

Prevention is still the best cure, state health departments are telling residents as they plan against measles outbreaks.

The indictment follows weeks of protests over a decision not to indict another New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The expansion of the Central American Minors program is “a whole new pipeline for legal migration,” says Ann Corcoran of Refugee Resettlement Watch.

The insurgency in the northeast is causing chaos ahead of the postponed election, but so is the oil price plunge.

The governors have argued that only Congress can change the nation’s immigration laws.

The Taiwanese airlines is holding a memorial ceremony for family members of the victims of the TransAsia crash.

More than 260,000 undocumented immigrants have made appointments to submit applications for the card, just 50,000 shy of planned enrollment.

“This was a work meeting between the prime minister and the defense secretary of the world’s biggest superpower. That is no time for stinginess,” Haaretz wrote.

A higher percentage of Latino voters care about climate change than do whites.

The visit has exposed Washington's diminished clout in Egypt.

The group that claimed to have hacked the U.S. Central Command and Taylor Swift has hit International Business Times.

Islamic State group militants had been holding Kayla Jean Mueller, an aid worker, captive since August 2013.

It would represent the first time in decades that the largest American banks pleaded guilty to felony misconduct. Since the financial crisis, the only major banks from which U.S. regulators have secured guilty pleas have been foreign.

A former FCC commissioner predicted congressional Republicans would retaliate if net neutrality became law.

Some alarmed that the government and social media have criticized any critical discussions of how the country handled the recent ISIS hostage crisis.

The state's voters approved a minimum wage hike in November, but State Rep. Jim Bolin already wants to change that.

The late-night hosts all had their fun with the embattled NBC anchor Brian Williams, who has been taking media fire over the past week.

The Equal Justice Initiative says understanding the U.S. lynching legacy is key to addressing societal ills that disproportionately impact African-Americans.

The Senate health committee will hold its first public meeting to address the measles outbreak across 17 states.

President Petro Poroshenko said the rockets were part of a new system that had not yet been exported outside of Russia.

The Haitian government recently lowered the cost of gasoline from $4.62 per gallon (215 gourdes) to $4.25 per gallon (195 gourdes).

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush released the emails Tuesday, urging the American people to “make up your own mind” about his governing style.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe insists foreign aid is for "non-military purposes" only, but experts have doubts he will be able to ensure that fact.

The announcement follows the deployment of a squadron of UAE fighter planes to a Jordanian air base.

The court ruled that the rights of 1,015 current and former prisoners had been breached during various elections between 2009 and 2011.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is currently testifying at a trial in a French court over his involvement in an international prostitution ring.

In a BBC interview, the Syrian president ruled out cooperating with the U.S. and its allies, which are conducting anti-ISIS airstrikes.

It is the first time that the two sides have carried out drills in such close proximity to North Korea.