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Pakistani children attend a class at a makeshift school on International Literacy Day in Lahore on September 8, 2015.

U.S. to spend millions on educating Pakistani girls

June 20, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

The Obama administration plans to announce a new partnership with Pakistan to promote education for girls there by doubling spending on schools and boosting female enrollment, according to a senior...

Obama says he won’t sign another stopgap spending measure from Congress

June 24, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

President Obama said Friday that he won't sign another stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government running, and instead called on Congress to join him in forging a longer-term...

A pope, a president and a pop star: White House is busy this week

June 21, 2019 at 12:49 a.m.

The White House waved goodbye to one high-profile world leader Thursday afternoon, but another was arriving so quickly that their planes nearly passed each other at the airport. It was...

Obama wants to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into U.S.

June 19, 2019 at 5:44 p.m.

President Obama has decided that the United States should take in at least 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year, White House officials said Thursday. Obama has passed the...

Former Homeland Security Secretaries, Tom Ridge, left, and Michael Chertoff, center, join current Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, right, for a joint news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015.

Senate considers deal to avoid partial Homeland Security shutdown

June 30, 2019 at 7:23 p.m.

Senate leaders moved toward a deal Wednesday to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, sidestepping a fight over immigration policy. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, declared his administration...

Obama defends legal reasoning behind his new immigration plan

June 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

President Obama argued Sunday that his plan to suspend enforcement of U.S. immigration law for certain violators won't clear the path for a future Republican president to take similar executive...

5 things to look for in Obama’s speech on Islamic State tonight

June 23, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

President Obama plans to address the nation tonight to talk about his plans to take down the Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria and threatening to retaliate...

A woman chooses dairy products at a Moscow supermarket on Aug. 7.

Russia begins implementing food embargo against U.S. and allies

June 20, 2019 at 12:55 a.m.

Russia on Thursday began rolling out a sweeping embargo on food imports from the United States, members of the European Union and allied nations in response to those countries' economic...

Senators’ doubts persist as administration explains Bergdahl deal

June 21, 2019 at 8:06 p.m.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl appeared "drugged" and "very weak" in a Taliban video shown to senators Wednesday during a classified briefing, the administration's most broad-ranging consultation with lawmakers after a...

President Barack Obama names Sylvia Mathews Burwell (R), his current budget director, to replace Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington.

Obama names budget chief as new health secretary

June 17, 2018 at 3:51 p.m.

President Obama named White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to take over the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday, saying there was "no manager as experienced and...

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