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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Clinton seeks distance from Obama on climate change issues
By JOSH LEDERMAN and KEN THOMAS Hillary Rodham Clinton is voicing opposition to President Barack Obama’s authorization for oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on Keystone XL,…
Benghazi case focuses attention on US interrogation strategy
By ERIC TUCKER After a suspected militant was captured in Libya last year to face charges for the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, he was brought to…
Keystone XL: US review taking 5 times longer than average
By JOSH LEDERMAN The federal review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas has dragged on for nearly seven years, more than five times the average…
Clinton giving up server amid concerns about classified data
By KEN DILANIAN Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign casts her decision to turn over her personal email server to the Justice Department as cooperating with investigators. Her Republican critics suggest…
Iran deal sets 2016 clash between Clinton and GOP hopefuls
By LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS Hillary Rodham Clinton’s embrace of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran as a worthwhile agreement that also needs strict enforcement underscores the tension between…
House panel subpoenas Hillary Clinton confidant
By MATTHEW DALY A longtime confidant of Hillary Rodham Clinton has been subpoenaed to testify before a special House panel investigating the deaths of four Americans at the U.S. diplomatic…
Bill Clinton’s lucrative speeches got fast approval at State
By LISA LERER and STEPHEN BRAUN State Department officials gave speedy and sometimes only cursory consideration to potential conflicts of interest when approving former President Bill Clinton’s lucrative speeches to…