On Thursday, the president plans to deliver a speech focusing drone attacks and military detention — a pretty sweeping agenda for a simple policy speech, one that might signal a sea change in America's counterterrorism efforts, and Obama's foreign policy legacy.
A front page story in The New York Times today attempts to tie Mitt Romney to Chinese state repression, but it really says more about the complexities of international business than his investment strategies.
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As the uprising in Syria enters its second year, demonstrators on both sides of the conflict came out (some more willingly than others) to note the important date.
The President and First Lady played hosts to British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, at their fourth state dinner since taking office.
In a sudden and surprising decision, HBO has decided to permanently end production on the horse-racing drama Luck after a third horse had to be euthanized as a result of an on-set accident.
It took only a matter of hours for Austin to transform from a city of tech nerds to a festival of music junkies as the CNN Grill, like so many tech moguls, stole away from Austin in the dead of night.
Big defeats in Alabama and Mississippi look bad for Mitt Romney, but when it comes to the all-important delegate count, he will likely still win Tuesday's primary night.
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After the global uproar over the controversial "Kony 2012" video, someone finally decided ask Ugandans what they think about it. They weren't pleased.
Two outrageous comebacks in the NCAA tournament's preliminary games last night served as an instructive reminder that it's never over until it's over.
Calling the environment he works in "toxic and destructive," an executive director of Goldman Sachs announced he's quitting the firm today because he can no longer stomach what his beloved company has become.
We're into the Monday doldrums at SXSW. Three straight days of walking and talking and drinking, yet somehow people still feel compelled to go outside and keep talking and walking and drinking.
Day Three at South By Southwest came in like a wet lion and is going out like a very well-tanned and much happier lamb.
The first full day of SXSW Interactive offers a dramatic choice: Dive in head first and let the madness swallow you whole or stand back wait for good to stuff to come to you.
Today is the first day of SXSW Interactive and despite no insider access or privileged information any kind, we're determined to guide you though this annual gathering of the Geekiest Generation.
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Four brigadier generals from the Syria army have left the country and pledged their support to the rebel army fighting against president Bashar al-Assad.
An Albuquerque woman has been found alive after being lost for an entire month in New Mexico's Gila National Forest.
Chris Hughes, the fortunate Harvard roommate of Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, is the new owner, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The New Republic.
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U.S. officials are searching hard for signs that the inner circle of Bashar Al-Assad may be fracturing, as at least one high ranking minister has apparently defected to opposition.
A woman in Michigan won $1 million from a state lottery game, but is still collecting state food assistance, a fact that is sure to open another front in the ongoing class war.
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Despite winning six of the ten states and most of the available delegates last night, the media narrative still seems to be that Mitt Romney just can't get it done.
The Indianapolis Colts are expected to announce today that they will cut Peyton Manning after 14 years of service, four MVP awards, and a Super Bowl trophy in 2007.
In one of the Super Tuesday undercards, long-serving Ohio Congressman and former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was defeated in a primary contest by even longer-serving Representative Marcy Kaptur.
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All the Republican candidates have gone after Barack Obama for his handling of the Iranian problem, but if one of them gets elected president, would they really handle things any differently?
A new study of large school systems shows that the racial gap in the punishment of students is similar to the disparities found in the criminal justice system for adults.
Despite the popularity of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, there's still a major disconnect between the rigorous data mining being presented and the people who can only believe what they see with their own eyes.
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Refugees who managed to escape the ruined city of Homs say Syrian troops are kidnapping and executing unarmed civilians attempting to escape from the war-ravaged area.
Complaints about fraud and voting irregularities are growing following Vladimir Putin's re-election, but it remains to be seen if protests or demonstrations will have any impact the results or the future of Russia.
The ten states holding primary votes tomorrow won't decide the presidential race in any satisfying way, but the results might be the signal that the Republican party is on a course to Mitt Romney that can no longer be altered.
Here's an interesting question, courtesy of ABC's Jake Tapper: "If the purpose of the Afghanistan war is to fight Al-Qaeda, when was the last time we actually did that?"
Voters across Iran are heading to the polls for the first parliamentary election since the 2009 presidential vote that to a bloody crackdown on opposition activists.
The International Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent have sent a seven-truck convoy of food and medical supplies to the city of Homs after rebel fighter drew from the city under siege.
This weekend's MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference will have over 2,200 attendees; nearly 700 more than last year, with a waiting list in the hundreds. All this to listen to math geeks talk about batting average and rebounds per 48 minutes?
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The sudden retirement of long-time Maine Senator Olympia Snowe may spell the end of Republican hopes to take back the Senate this November.
The British foreign secretary announced today that the UK has closed its embassy in Syria and has sent home its entire diplomatic staff.
It took a whole month of meetings and voting, but while everyone was sleeping/obsessing over Michigan, Mitt Romney quietly won the Wyoming caucus.
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The United Nations is working on a new Security Council resolution designed to win support from China and Russia by focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
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Israeli officials have let it be known that they won't give their United States counterparts a heads up if the country decides to launch an airstrike against Iran.
Calls for increased sanctions, including those targeting individual members of the Syrian leadership, have done nothing to deter the government's quest to crush opposition activists through increasingly violent means.
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