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A US jihadi serial killer
For two bloody months, an armed jihadist serial killer ran loose across the country.
At least four innocent men died this spring and summer as acts of “vengeance” on behalf of aggrieved Muslims, the self-confessed murderer has proclaimed. Heard about t
Behind Closed Doors, Obama Crafts Executive ActionsWASHINGTON — When President Obama announced in June that he planned to bypass congressional gridlock and overhaul the nation’s immigration system on his own, he did so in a most public way: a speech in the White House Rose Garden.
Since then, the proce
Revelations would be embarrassing for the German government, which has spent months complaining to Washington about alleged American spy activity in Germany

A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption, making the possible 2016 presidential candidate his state’s first in
D.C. news crew robbed while reporting on 
Sometimes - but not always - news reporters get exactly what they are looking for when covering a story. For one news crew from CBS News affiliate WUSA in Washington, D.C., they got a little more.
Obama under fire for jetting out to Martha's Vineyard
President Barack Obama refused to put forward a timetable for a resolution to the conflict in Iraq, saying that it was going to 'take some time,' in a Saturday morning press conference that preceded his departure to Martha's Vineyard.
Airstrikes on ISIS Militants Have Begun, Kurds and Iraqis SayWASHINGTON — Airstrikes on towns in northern Iraq seized by Islamist militants began late Thursday in what Kurdish and Iraqi officials called the first stage of an American-led intervention to blunt the militants’ advance and provide emergency aid to tens
Barack Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers
Nearly half of the people on the U.S. government’s widely shared database of terrorist suspects are not connected to any known terrorist group, according to classified government documents obtained by The Intercept. Of the 680,000 people caught up in the
The law fades as a major issue.
Inquiry by C.I.A. Affirms Spying on Senate PanelWASHINGTON — An internal investigation by the C.I.A. has found that its officers penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its damning report on the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program.
The report by
Air Force Calls for Cheaper, Quicker Weapons DevelopmentWASHINGTON — In an acknowledgment that the military may be pricing itself out of business, the Air Force on Wednesday called for a shift away from big-ticket weapon systems that take decades to develop and a move toward what Defense Department officials a
U.S. Says Russia Tested Cruise Missile in Violation of TreatyWASHINGTON — The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile, according to senior American officials, a finding that was conveyed by President Obama to Russian Pres
Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Shapes Response to Detention ReportWASHINGTON — Just after the Senate Intelligence Committee voted in April to declassify hundreds of pages of a withering report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program, C.I.A. Director John O. Brennan convened a meeting of
Detroit suspends water shutoffs for 15 daysThe Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is suspending its water shutoffs for 15 days starting today to give residents another chance to prove they are unable to pay their bills.
Negotiators Agree to Extend Iran Nuclear Talks, Diplomats SayIran, the United States and the five other countries negotiating over the future of the Iranian nuclear program have agreed to a four-month extension of the negotiations, giving them more time to try to bridge a major difference over whether the country w
House votes to slash IRS tax enforcement budget
The GOP-controlled House has voted to slash the budget for the Internal Revenue Service's tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 percent cut that would mean fewer audits of taxpayers...
The EXACTO program is developing experimental .50-caliber ammunition that could help snipers deal with bad weather, dust and other problems.
Canada-U.S. relations have hit a “low ebb” and a “new low.” They are “frayed” and “strained” Really? A longer-term view suggests recent tensions aren’t all that unusual. Strains over the Keystone XL pipeline, Buy American legislation, the Windsor-Detroit
Worrying backdrop for Strategic and Economic Dialogue, as tensions threaten to torpedo cooperation on anything from climate change to nuclear proliferation.
Jeffrey Scudder’s FOIA request led to accusations, an FBI raid and his departure from the agency.
Immigration battle on Independence Day
All hell broke loose Friday afternoon as five people that were part of overflow crowd in a Southern California community where protesters turned back Homeland Security busloads were arrested.
German media warned that if the allegations are proven, it would be 'the biggest scandal involving a German-American double agent since the war'
German Student Under N.S.A Scrutiny, Reports SayBERLIN — A 27-year-old informatics student in southern Germany was identified in news reports on Thursday as the first German citizen known to be under surveillance by the National Security Agency since it was revealed last year that the agency had once t
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