By Steve Holland and Yara Bayoumy
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to announce on Tuesday that he will send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited... more
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's plans to build 10 nuclear enrichment plants are unacceptable and may lead the international community to ratchet up the pressure on Tehran to halt the program, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said... more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Monday urged clear government procedures for dealing with large, failing financial firms.
In his latest comment... more
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President... more
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President... more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report... more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outstanding issues between the United States and Russia have made it less likely that a deal to cut vast Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons will be finished by a... more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday time was running out for Iran to meet its obligations over its nuclear program and said a vote by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog to... more
GENEVA (Reuters) - South Korea has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organization against the United States over U.S. measures to raise prices on imports of steel, a South Korean... more
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several congressional Democrats said on Wednesday they plan to introduce legislation next week to cap... more
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday. ... more
By John Whitesides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fight over a U.S. government-run public insurance plan may be getting louder and noisier, but for... more
By David Alexander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review... more