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Democratic U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey are opposing President Barack Obama's request to train and arm Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants.

Legislation to arm Syrian rebels is on its way to the White House after passage by the Senate.

President Obama is ordering more military personnel to Iraq.

Most of the unaccompanied children who are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border may end up getting sent back to their home countries. That word comes today from the White House, which says most of those children aren't likely to qualify for humanitarian relief that would keep them from being sent home...

President Obama is telling parents in Central America not to send their kids to the United States.

President Obama will keep nearly ten-thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the end of this year. In a statement at the White House this afternoon, Obama noted that the U.S. will end combat operations in Afghanistan by year's end. Remaining troops will continue training Afghan security forces and advising on counterterrorism efforts...

Western powers on Sunday prepared a tough response to Russia’s military advance into Ukraine and warned that Moscow could face economic penalties, diplomatic isolation and bolstered allied defenses in Europe unless it retreats. The crisis may prove to be a game-changer for President Barack Obama’s national security policy, forcing him to give up his foreign policy shift to Asia and to maintain U..

President Barack Obama has signed a bipartisan budget bill easing automatic spending cuts over two years, marking a modest end to a challenging year for the White House and Congress. Obama signed the bill Thursday while vacationing in Hawaii...

Physicist Ernest Moniz has been sworn in as the nation's new energy secretary.       The 68-year-old Fall River native and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor took the oath of office Tuesday at the Energy Department. He replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term...

A day after New York State passed the stiffest gun-control regulations in the country, President Obama has signed an executive order to curb gun violence.