Obama drinks filtered city water in Flint to show it’s safe
By KEVIN FREKING Showing support for the beleaguered residents of Flint, Michigan, President Barack Obama drank filtered city water on Wednesday to show that it is again safe following a…
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Obama out: President takes last shots at official Washington
By KEVIN FREKING Even though President Barack Obama and his wife can’t wait to get out of the White House, being a lame duck can hurt a guy. “Last week…
Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist, friend
The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights activist and his friend, undermining the prime minister’s insistence just hours earlier that her political…
UN approves toughest sanctions on North Korea in 20 years
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades, reflecting growing anger at Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance…
Obama: Deniers of economic gains aren’t telling the truth
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Barack Obama on Friday rejected relentless Republican criticism of his economic leadership, saying his policies are paying off in “big tangible ways” and anyone who doesn’t…
Obama urges quick high court confirmation; GOP says no votes
President Barack Obama urged the Republican-run Senate on Wednesday to fulfill its “constitutional responsibility” and consider his Supreme Court nominee, pushing back on GOP leaders who insist there will be…
US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…
North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
By FOSTER KLUG South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed “H-bomb of…