
But the outlook in the Senate for fast-track, seen by Japan as crucial to sealing the deal on TPP, was...

Trading partners such as Japan have urged the U.S. Congress to pass fast-track to help wrap up a Pacific...

Republicans aimed for a vote on Friday to hand President Barack Obama the coveted "fast-track" trade negotiating authority

U.S. officials have said that perimeter-based defenses, even backed by the National Security Agency’s own corps of hackers,...

Attention now turns to the House of Representatives, where opposition is deeper.

American special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader in a raid in Syria

Use of unmanned drones has prompted criticism because of the deaths of civilians

Controversy over emails could overshadow the launch of Hillary Clinton's expected presidential campaign after an influential Republican on Wednesday raised...

A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of...

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a one-week stopgap spending bill for the domestic security...

President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he called...

President Barack Obama's proposal for a 7 percent rise in U.S. domestic and military spending in his budget sets...

President Barack Obama defended his decision to bypass Congress and overhaul U.S. immigration policy on his own on Friday, saying...

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The House of Representatives averted a government shutdown on Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous Democratic...