iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — More than 45 African heads of state are now in Washington, D.C., for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the first of its kind. The Obama administration invited nearly all of Africa’s leaders, hoping to strengthen ties between the Read More
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — “Draft Mitt” — a group hoping to coax former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney into making another run in 2016 — received a major setback from former Romney campaign insider Spencer Read More
State Department photo/Public Domain(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State John Kerry is known for his grasp of many languages and on Monday, during a photo op with the Angolan vice president, he had to put those skills to work. Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente Read More
Courtesy of HBO(WASHINGTON) — How bad a president was Richard Nixon? On the 40th anniversary of his resignation, a new documentary takes a fresh look at the Nixon tapes to make the case that the already vilified 37th president was not as bad as you may think Read More
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — James Brady, the former White House press secretary who survived being shot in the head during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, died Monday at age 73. Brady was seriously injured by the Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — On track to become one of the least productive in modern history, the 113th Congress isn’t exactly popular. Despite their failure to address the border crisis, lawmakers have now officially gone home for a few weeks of Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Add Egypt to the list of the countries that has a beef with the U.S. Cairo is angry about remarks made by State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, who was asked last week why the Obama administration hasn’t withheld military Read More
The White House(WASHINGTON) — A firebrand conservative lawmaker warns that President Obama faces impeachment by the House if he acts on his own to prevent the deportation of undocumented immigrants. Republican Congressman Steven King of Indiana told Fox News Sunday, Read More
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department issued a statement on Sunday strongly condemning an attack on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency School in Rafah, Gaza. The statement, released by State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said that Read More
Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(NEW YORK) — Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Sunday on This Week that the CDC is escalating its response to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Read More
