Biden testing political waters in Florida as he mulls 2016
By KEN THOMAS Mulling a 2016 White House bid, Vice President Joe Biden is testing the waters in pivotal Florida. Biden is speaking at an education event at Miami Dade…
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Obama gets Iran deal win as Senate Dems amass enough votes
By ERICA WERNER and MATTHEW LEE President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in…
Obama locking up votes in Senate for Iran nuclear deal
By ERICA WERNER President Barack Obama is just one Senate vote shy of being able to declare success on the Iran nuclear deal and cement a foreign policy legacy. Senate…
Human rights group slams Egypt’s new anti-terrorism law
By BRIAN ROHAN Egypt’s sweeping new counterterrorism law erodes basic rights and defines terrorism so broadly that it could encompass civil disobedience and be used to stifle dissent, Human Rights…
Longtime Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes dies at 90
Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a 15-term congressman from Ohio who took on tough assignments looking into assassinations and scandals, has died. He was 90. He died peacefully with his…
In Sri Lankan elections, focus is on former strongman
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Sri Lankans voted in parliamentary elections Monday that will decide the political future of a former strongman leader seeking a comeback eight months after being unseated in…
Obama can do Iran nuclear deal even if Congress disapproves
By DEB RIECHMANN The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even if lawmakers reject the agreement,…
Longtime civil rights activist Bond dead at 75
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Bond died in Fort…