The United States is closely monitoring a​ "credible threat" from al Qaeda in Yemen​ against the U.S. homeland, two senior officials​ told CNN....

White House officials briefed the president Friday​ morning after a Nigerian man with reported ties to​ Al Qaeda was subdued after trying to ignite an​ e...

GENEVA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is​ sticking to the U.S. refusal to negotiate​ monitoring of biological weapons, the top U.S.​ arms official sa...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators working to​ conclude a new strategic arms treaty with Russia​ are discussing ways to continue nuclear weapons​ mo...

As a heart monitor beeps ominously in the​ background, a graffiti artist paints over the​ Stars and Stripes with phrases criticizing​ opposition to the D...

White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said senior​ White House officials were alerted by the White​ House Situation Room and they closely monitored​ the inc...

Lawmakers and civil rights groups had been​ pressing the Democratic administration to say​ whether it wants to preserve the post-Sept. 11​ law's aut...

The Obama administration plans to place federal​ employees in the largest immigration detention​ facilities in the country to monitor detainee​ treatment...

Georgia's president was expected to ask Vice​ President Joe Biden on Thursday for advanced​ weaponry and U.S. observers to monitor a​ cease-fire.